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SINGAPORE – A man who breached a stay-home notice (SHN) and travelled out of his home to eat bak kut teh on March 23 was convicted on Thursday (April 16) after pleading guilty to an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act.
Alan Tham Xiang Sheng, 34, is the first person to be convicted of exposing others to the risk of infection by breaching an SHN.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kenneth Chin urged the court to sentence Tham to at least 10 to 12 weeks’ jail to “reflect the seriousness of the offence” and deter others from committing a similar act.
He will be sentenced on April 23.
Tham, who runs an online sales business, was one of two Singaporeans charged last week with breaching their SHN in separate incidents amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The other man – Palanivelu Ramasamy, 48 – was charged with an offence under the Infectious Diseases (Covid-19 Stay Orders) Regulations 2020.
On Thursday, the DPP told the court that Tham arrived in Singapore from Myanmar on March 23 and was served with an SHN. As part of his notice, the Singaporean was supposed to stay home at all times from then until to April 6.
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