A 39-year old Singaporean woman, Jin Chensu will be charged in court on 30 July 2021 for exposing others to the risk of COVID-19 infection under the Infectious Diseases Act and for failing to wear a mask outside her place of residence under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
What happened
On 4 October 2020, Jin arrived in Singapore from Cambodia and was served with a Stay-Home Notice (SHN) from 4 to 18 October 2020. She was told that she is not allowed to leave her room and she was brought to a hotel in Sentosa for her 14 days SHN.
Two days after her stay Jin left her room without wearing a mask and climbed up to the balcony of another room. She remained in the other room for 5 minutes before climbing back down and remained there for about five minutes before climbing down to the balcony of her room.
On 9 October 2020, Jin did is again and loitered at the common corridor. She was discovered 25 mins later and was brought back to the room by hotel staff.
Those who fail to comply with SHN requirements will be liable to prosecution under the Infectious Diseases Act and/or the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 – Stay Orders) Regulations 2020.
The offence carries a penalty of a fine of up to S$10,000 and/or imprisonment of up to six months.
Individuals who are found not wearing a mask or not wearing a mask properly outside their place of residence shall be liable to prosecution under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
The offence carries a penalty of a fine of up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment of up to six months.
According to the Police media release, a 29-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
The police received a report of an assault case on July 29(Thursday) at around 5.35 AM that a man was punched and kicked by another along Clementi Avenue 5. After the assault, the assailant rain away leaving the injured man behind.
The injured man was sent to the hospital for treatments.
Arrest
The Police were able to identify the man after investigations and through the help of Police CCTV. Officers from Clementi Police Division within three hours of the report.
Preliminary investigations revealed that both the man and the victim are believed to be known to each other, and the man allegedly had a dispute with the victim before the incident. Â
The man will be charged in court on 30 July 2021 with voluntarily causing grievous hurt under Section 325 of the Penal Code.
If he is convicted of voluntarily causing grievous hurt carries an imprisonment term which may extend to ten years, and include a fine or caning.Â
In light of the abuse and criticism and abuse that athletes have received after underperforming at various sporting events and more recently the Tokyo Olympics, President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob has spoken up against the hatred and criticism.
Here is what she said:
“I feel sad looking at how unkind we can be towards each other. One moment, we carry people to the highest pedestal with our words, yet the next moment we thrash them to the ground just because they fail to live up to our expectations.
Yet, many a time, we would ask for dispensation for ourselves if we did not achieve something which others expect of us. We argue that we are only human but we don’t apply the same yardstick to others.
So, we see that happening in sports. When England lost to Italy in the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship match, some of the most hateful and racist comments were hurled against three players on the team. When Naomi Osaka, the four-time tennis Grand Slam winner was defeated by Vondrousova from the Czech Republic in the third round of the Tokyo Olympic Games, abuses against her reached a peak.
At home, Joseph Schooling, who won a gold in the 2016 Olympic Games, did not qualify for the semi-finals of the 100m swimming event in the Tokyo Olympics. That was the start of negative, hurtful comments against him. We forgot that he had helped us to win an Olympic gold medal and brought glory to our own sports history.
We have to appreciate the tremendous sacrifices and stress that our athletes have to undergo. And the Olympics is not a walk in the park. They are competing against some of the world’s best athletes but they still tried their best. The least that we can do is to appreciate their effort and continue to encourage and support them.
I’m glad that there are still many Singaporeans who do just that, and I thank them.
We talk incessantly about building a gracious, compassionate and caring society because we believe that a society thrives not just on economic growth alone.
It’s easy to articulate these values, but a lot more difficult to practise it. We will be tested ever so often, like in this instance.
So let’s be kind. Support our athletes wholeheartedly. They are doing their best.”
Image source: unsplash.com and Halimah Yacob Facebook
According to the Singapore Police Force, three men are facing charges under the Public Entertainments Act, Liquor Control Act and breaches of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
29-year-old
The incident happened in September 2020, a 29-year-old man was believed to have worked with another co-operator to operate an unlicensed KTV outlet.
He is facing one charge of providing public entertainment without a licence under Section 19(1)(a) of the Public Entertainments Act
one charge of failing to keep premises closed in breach of Section 9(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)(Control Order) Regulations 2020, punishable under Section 34(7) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020.
51-year-old
In October 2020 and December 2020, a 51-year-old man was believed to have operated two unlicensed KTV outlets. Both outlets allegedly supplied alcohol to patrons, and one of the outlets also purportedly employed staff to assist in the operations.
The man will face two charges of providing public entertainment without a licence under Section 19(1)(a) of the Public Entertainments Act
two charges of supplying alcohol without a valid licence under Section 4(1) of the Liquor Control Act
one charge of employment of a foreign employee without a valid work pass under Section 5(1) of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act
and two charges of failing to keep premises closed in breach of Section 9(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)(Control Order) Regulations 2020 punishable under Section 34(7) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020.
35-year-old
In November 2020, a 35-year-old man was believed to have operated an unlicensed KTV outlet that allegedly supplied alcohol to patrons.
He will face:
one charge of providing public entertainment without a licence under Section 19(1)(a) of the Public Entertainments Act, one charge of supplying alcohol without a valid licence under Section 4(1) of the Liquor Control Act
one charge of failing to keep premises closed in breach of Section 9(1) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures)(Control Order) Regulations 2020 punishable under Section 34(7) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020.
Punishments
If they are convicted of running a public entertainment without a valid licence they may be fined up to $20,000 for each charge.
Any one convicted of upplying any alcohol without a valid licence may be fined up to $20,000.
Under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, any person who employs a foreign employee without a valid work pass may be liable to a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $30,000, face imprisonment of up to 12 months, or both.
For non-compliance with safe management measures under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020, which is punishable under Section 34(7) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, offenders may be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$10,000, or both.
A netizen spotted a woman using a wheelchair from a hospital to use it as her personal shopping cart.
The wheelchair can be seen full of supermarket plastic bag. A member of the public questioned her said that nothing is wrong as the wheelchair is free from the hospital.
The woman took the wheelchair from Ng Teng Fong Hospital and her justification for taking the wheelchair is that it’s “Free”,
A video emerged online showing a Mazda driver breaking all sorts of traffic rules just to confront the camcar driver.
He was seen jam braking right in front of the camcar and swerving lanes to cut the driver off.
He then stopped his car right in front of the camcar, in the middle of the junction inside the yellow box and blocking traffic, before alighting from his vehicle to confront the camcar driver.
The incident happened on 29 July at around 7.25am, near Chongfu School at Yishun.
Here is the story:
“My wife was stopping to let my son alight. I think she might have cut into the blue Mazada lane.
Then the driver tried pull some dangerous stunts like Jam brakes and prevent her from moving off, he even scolded & threaten her too”
A man who goes by the name “funnypunjabiguy” took to TikTok to mock Joseph Schooling’s last placed finish at the Tokyo Olympics 100m butterfly swimming event.
In the video, the man said that the ferry to Tekong is “quite full”, so he asked Joseph Schooling to go first, and the rest will catch up with him.
He then added that it is because he doesn’t want him to finish last again.
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Image and video source: @funnypunjabiguy on TiKTok
