5 weeks’ jail for student who left hotel twice for dinner, movie while on stay-home notice
A student who returned from the United States last year and had to serve a 14-day stay-home notice sneaked out of his hotel twice to have dinner and watch a movie with his friend.
He also asked to be taken to a hospital for psychiatric treatment but used that as a stepping stone to spend more time shopping and eating elsewhere.
Ang Chenrui, a 27-year-old Singaporean, was jailed for five weeks on Thursday (Jan 6) after he pleaded guilty to two counts under the Infectious Diseases Act for breaching his isolation.
Two similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
For each offence under the Infectious Diseases Act, Ang could have been jailed up to six months or fined up to S$10,000, or both.