Infamous “MBS Badge Lady,” 55-year-old Phoon Chiu Yoke, was charged in court yesterday (7 October) for failing to wear a mask while strolling through ION Orchard shopping mall on 16 August from 11.48am to 12.03pm.
The lifting of mask-wearing indoors was only lifted on 29 August.
The unrepentant internet cult figure is facing a total of 4 charges against her, after previously being sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment in 2021 for not wearing masks repeatedly.
Aside from the ION Orchard indiscretion, she also had three other charges handed to her back in September, including for her failure to wear a mask twice, and going “no-show” during an investigation where she was required to appear at the Singapore Tourism Board for an investigation.
Her hearing has been adjourned to 14 October.
Unrepentant repeat offender
She was previously sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment in September 2021 after pleading guilty to 9 charges of Covid-19 regulations breaches, with 13 other charges taken into consideration during her sentencing.
She has since been spotted by members of the public for failing to put on a mask after her jail sentence, at a time when wearing a mask was still required under the law.