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SINGAPORE – Being a foreigner familiar with scam callers, it would be reasonable to expect Chinese national Hu Jun to be wary of callers claiming to be officials.
This was the argument put forward by lawyer Dhanwant Singh on Thursday (Aug 20), to explain why Hu, 38, and his wife Shi Sha, 36, had not been frank with contact tracers who called them to confirm their whereabouts from Jan 29 to Feb 3.
The couple have been charged with holding back information about Hu’s whereabouts to contact tracers after he was confirmed to have been infected with Covid-19 on Jan 31.
The court heard that on Feb 4, Hu expressed his concerns and shared his experiences regarding scammers with the lead investigating officer in the case as he feared the contact tracers who called him were not legitimate.
In cross-examining investigation officer Chin Shan How, who is a senior manager at the Ministry of Health’s enforcement branch, Mr Singh said: “(With Hu) being a foreigner and not a frequent traveller, there is a vast difference between face-to-face interview (and those held) over the phone.”
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