Man jailed, fined for breaking COVID-19 rules to provide carpooling service during circuit breaker

SINGAPORE: A man who offered carpooling services during the COVID-19 "circuit breaker" last year was on Friday sentenced to three days in jail and a fine of S$1,800.These include using an unlicensed vehicle to provide transport services and using an improperly insured vehicle to ferry passengers.

According to court documents, he was a member of Telegram group"SGHitch" which has since been renamed"COVID-19 Lockdown SGHitch". On Apr 22, 2020, Juhari posted a message in the chat at about 2.55pm, saying "Driver looking for Pax". He stated that the pick-up point should be in the Compassvale area and the drop-off point at Thomson Medical Centre, where he was planning to get his wife.

"A prospective passenger by the name of 'Decha' responded to the accused’s post, and at about 4.15pm, the accused accepted the carpooling request to ferry the said passenger from Blk 447A Fernvale Road to Novena Square for a fare of S$7," said the prosecutor in the statement of facts.At about 5.25pm, an LTA enforcement officer stopped his car along Yio Chu Kang Road.

According to the prosecutor, Juhari told the passengers to tell the LTA officer that they were his friends. But when the officer asked for their names, Juhari was not able to provide the information.was jailed and fined as well. He was also a member of the Telegram group.

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