Woman fined S$3,000 for attending 15-person Chinese New Year gathering in 2021

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SINGAPORE — A woman was fined S$3,000 on Wednesday (Jan 26) for attending a Chinese New Year gathering of 15 people last year, almost double the maximum number of persons allowed for a social gathering at that time.

Sun Min Qian, a 33-year-old Chinese national, pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching Covid-19 regulations on social gatherings, with another similar charge taken into consideration during sentencing.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Emily Koh sought a fine of S$3,000 or a default jail term of 10 days for Sun on Wednesday. At least seven others who had attended the gathering were handed the same fine last year. In mitigation, defence lawyer Jeffery Lau of Lau & Company said that Sun was relatively new to Singapore at the time of the offence, having arrived two months prior to the gathering.

Mr Lau added that Sun had subsequently fallen victim to a scam and incurred a loss of about S$80,000.

 

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