During the Phase 1 of reopening, on June 11, 2 contractors were given keys to a shop at Golden Mile to conduct checks on water leaks; they invited 8 of their friends over to drink and chat instead.
all 10 parties were fined on August 28 for breaking Covid-19 regulations.
The contractors; Loo Jiale, 32, and Peter Ngin, 52, were given keys with access to the shop unit.
Loo reportedly invited 2 of his friends over to the first floor unit for a drink, then sent invitations to other friends in a chat group to join as well.
Ngin then joined them at about 4pm in the afternoon.
The police then received a complaint about an “illegal disco pub with sexy ladies” operating at the unit about 6 hours later, officers subsequently visited the unit and found the doors locked.
Loo opened the door and the police discovered the 9 other guest seated in a small room drinking.
Facing the music
On Friday (August 28), all 10 of them were sentenced and fined, with the guests fined $4,000 each.
Loo and Ngin received the highest fines of $8,000 and $6,000 respectively.
The prosecutor said that Loo was the “mmost culpable” as he was the one who invited at least 3 of the friends over, opening the unit for the gathering.
Loo also took part in similiar gathering in April.
Ngin was also punished with a steeper fine as well because he made the decision with Loo to order alcohol and didn’t do anything to prevent the gathering from happening.
The guests spent about 3-6 hours at the unit while Loo spent about 10 hours there.
The prosecutor also added that had the police not intervened, their gathering would’ve gone on for longer.
For flouting Covid-19 regulations, each of them could have faced a steeper fine of $10,000, 6 months in jail, or both.