Chan Foo Mun, 43-years-old, was jailed for 8 weeks earlier today (10 August) after pleading guilty to 2 counts under the Infectious Diseases Act.
5 more similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
Chan was given MC by a doctor but he hid that fact from his colleagues and supervisors and returned to work.
Chan worked at J8 Hotel at 8 Townshend Road, when the hotel had a customer who tested positive for Covid-19.
He then went to Care Family Clinic along Buffalo Road, on 19 April 2020, for cough and blocked nose that lasted 2 to 3 days.
The circuit breaker was in effect at the time.
Chan was then given a 5-day MC from 19 to 23 April.
He was told by the doctor that this was a SHN and he should stay home, not even allowed to leave his home to buy food (to leave that task to someone to help him).
Chan then left the clinic without paying or collecting his MC and medication, he then went to work at his hotel.
He didn’t want his pay to be deducted.
He hid the fact that he saw a doctor and was on MC, interacting with his colleagues as well as the hotels guests (he worked as a receptionist).
Chan left his home on 20 April to buy food and interacted with colleagues.
Enforcement officers from MOH went to visit him at his home to question him about his visit to the clinic on 19 April, telling him that he needed to stay home as per the MC, under the law.
He left his home again on 23 April to buy food.
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