Man jailed for leaving flat 5 times to exercise despite stay-home order after Batam trip

SINGAPORE: After returning to Singapore from Batam, a man was issued a stay-home notice but defied it and left his flat five times to exercise.AdvertisementTeo pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching his stay-home notice, with four other counts of exposing others to the risk of infection taken into consideration. He told the court in Hokkien that he needed to exercise as he had previously suffered a stroke.

Teo acknowledged receiving the notice and knew he had to stay in his Jalan Sultan flat at all times. He watched the news on television and saw that people serving stay-home notices must not leave their homes.AdvertisementDespite this, Teo left his house on five days - on Mar 23, 24, 25, 26 and 29. He did not wear a mask on any of these occasions.He did not venture far from his home, leaving either to exercise or to buy food, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Stephanie Koh.

He later admitted that he was the person in the footage and said he left his home for about an hour daily between Mar 23 and Mar 26 to exercise by walking in a nearby park.The prosecutor asked for at least four weeks' jail, noting that Teo"had no good reason to leave the house to buy food as he had already made arrangements for food to be brought to him".

She added that Teo had been untruthful during initial investigations, attempting to downplay his culpability.

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