Taiwanese woman who sneezed on security guard amid Covid-19 outbreak sentenced to 11 weeks in jail

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Woman who sneezed on security guard amid Covid-19 outbreak sentenced to 11 weeks in jail

SINGAPORE - A Taiwanese woman, who purposely sneezed at a security guard after she was denied entry into Ion Orchard shopping mall amid the Covid-19 outbreak in April, was sentenced on Thursday to 11 weeks imprisonment.After that, she took her passport out of her bag and added:"I am China. I am Taiwan."

On April 12, security guard Devika Rani Muthu Krishnan, 56, was deployed to one of the entrances of Ion Orchard at Lift Lobby A on the fifth storey. "When the victim did not allow the accused entry into the mall, the accused pulled another scarf out of her bag and indicated that she wanted to use it as a mask."

Separately, the court heard that at about 10pm on June 4 last year, Sun felt"stressed and frustrated" while at home in her third-storey condominium unit near Bukit Timah Road. No reason was mentioned for what caused her to feel that way.

 

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