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SINGAPORE – A taxi driver posted a false message in a Facebook group, claiming he had received information that all food courts and coffee shops would close and supermarkets would open only two days a week.
He was one of four men who pleaded guilty in a district court on Wednesday (May 27) to offences during the coronavirus outbreak.
In his Facebook post, 40-year-old Kenneth Lai Yong Hui also stated: “Better go stock up your stuff for the next month or so.”
The prosecution said that his lies could “conceivably result in public alarm and panic buying” and urged Senior District Judge Ong Hian Sun to sentence him to at least four months’ jail.
The judge agreed with Deputy Public Prosecutor Deborah Lee and sentenced the Singaporean to four months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to transmitting the false message.
Lai claimed that sometime between April 15 and 16 he saw a text message on WhatsApp which said that hawker centres and coffee shops would be closed.
The DPP said : “The accused was unable to identify who sent the alleged text message, and it was also not recovered from the phone of the accused.”
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