meng.huat Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Man charged after having bak kut teh meal at hawker centre while on stay-home notice SINGAPORE: A man who posted photos of a bak kut teh meal he had at a hawker centre while he was on a stay-home notice was charged on Tuesday (Apr 7) under the Infectious Diseases Act. Alan Tham Xiang Sheng, 34, is accused of exposing others to the risk of infection when he had reason to suspect that he was a case, carrier or contact of a disease. He returned to Singapore from Myanmar on Mar 23 this year and was issued a 14-day stay-home notice, requiring him to stay home until Apr 6. The notice requires a person to stay in their residence at all times throughout the two-week period. According to the charge sheet, Tham knew he was a suspected contact of a person with COVID-19 and was subjected to the stay-home notice. However, he allegedly exposed others to the risk of infection by appearing in the following public places: Koufu Food Centre at Changi Airport Terminal 3, Peninsula Plaza, Kampung Admiralty Foodfare Hawker Centre and NTUC Fairprice Kampung Admiralty in Block 676, Woodlands Drive 71. Tham, who turned up in court wearing a mask a day after completing his stay-home notice, was unrepresented. When District Judge Adam Nakhoda asked what he intended to do, Tham said: "I plead guilty to this, because I already explained everything but it's like ... they don't take what I'm trying to say." The judge set a date for him to plead guilty later this month and adjourned the case. Soon after Tham arrived in Singapore, he posted photos of a pork rib soup meal on Facebook, with the caption: "Come back to Singapore must eat our local food." The Mar 24 post drew flak from commenters, who warned him of the consequences of flouting a stay-home notice, and the post was deleted soon after. Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said a day later in Parliament on Mar 25 that people who breach stay-home notices will be charged in court. He referred to Tham's case and said he had asked for it to be investigated. If convicted, Tham could be jailed for up to six months, fined a maximum S$10,000, or both. Since his alleged flouting of his stay-home notice, the Ministry of Health has put into effect new regulations regarding stay-home notices, under the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 - Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 which kicked in on Mar 26. Earlier on Tuesday, a man was charged under these new regulations for breaching his stay-home notice to deliver newspapers. He also faces a maximum six-month jail term, a fine of up to S$10,000, or both. Source: CNA/ll(cy/mi) https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/stay-home-notice-bak-kut-teh-charged-covid-19-coronavirus-12617212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Jail might be harsh but knn should fine him 9696. It might cure stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, aaur4man said: Jail might be harsh but knn should fine him 9696. It might cure stupidity. sekali the judge fine him $9696 that would really send out the message. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing Birdy Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I doubt he is the only one who broke the rules But being kumgong enough to post about it... Gxgx famous for being kgk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Standing Birdy said: I doubt he is the only one who broke the rules But being kumgong enough to post about it... Gxgx famous for being kgk Yeah he damn cock to go post on fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Standing Birdy said: I doubt he is the only one who broke the rules But being kumgong enough to post about it... Gxgx famous for being kgk Ya he forgotten all about the core values of saf 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Homelander said: Yeah he damn cock to go post on fb Just like the idiot on nk who post he con gahmen for $500 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 43 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: Just like the idiot on nk who post he con gahmen for $500 Dono y got all these kumgong bring down national IQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, aaur4man said: Dono y got all these kumgong bring down national IQ Ppl like CCS doing well to lower our IQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 minute ago, ManOfTheHour said: Ppl like CCS doing well to lower our IQ Ppl scholar leh lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, aaur4man said: Dono y got all these kumgong bring down national IQ tiagong stupidity is an infectious disease that can be spread from the elite of elites to peasants. we can only suck thumbs. Edited April 7, 2020 by socrates469bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) ownself pwn ownself. heng i prefer old school. perfer non digital if possible Edited April 7, 2020 by The_King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 6 weeks jail! Damn fierce sia!! Jail for man who breached stay-home notice to eat bak kut teh at hawker centre, run errands SINGAPORE: A man became the first to be sentenced for a coronavirus-related offence on Thursday (Apr 23), receiving six weeks' jail for exposing others to the risk of infection by breaching his stay-home notice. Alan Tham Xiang Sheng, 34, admitted last week to appearing several times in public when ordered to stay at home. He had returned to Singapore from Myanmar on Mar 23 and was issued at the airport a 14-day stay-home notice. However, he met his girlfriend at the airport for a meal before they took a private-hire car to Peninsula Plaza, where he changed his leftover Myanmar currency. They then went to Tham's place and left again for dinner as Tham had a craving for bak kut teh. The couple took a bus to Kampung Admiralty, where Tham ate bak kut teh and uploaded pictures of it to social media. He quickly drew flak from friends. Following his meal, he went to a supermarket to buy groceries and returned home after spending about 1.5 hours outside. The prosecution had asked for 10 to 12 weeks' jail at the previous hearing, while the defence asked for not more than the maximum S$10,000 fine. WHY THAM WAS NOT TESTED FOR COVID-19 However, the judge adjourned the sentencing as he wanted both sides to address issues, including why Tham was not tested for COVID-19 and their position on an advisory letter Tham had been issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Mar 25. On Thursday, Deputy Public Prosecutors Kenneth Chin and Norman Yew explained that Tham had not been tested for COVID-19 as routine testing of asymptomatic individuals under a stay-home notice was "not necessary under prevailing Ministry of Health policies". They added that those on stay-home notices will be tested only if they develop a fever or respiratory symptoms, and that routine testing of asymptomatic individuals "is not encouraged as a negative test result does not imply the absence of COVID-19 infection". "A negative test may arise in an infected person if the test was conducted early during the incubation period of his illness and he may become symptomatic later, despite an earlier negative test," said Mr Chin. "The risk of community spread of COVID-19 from infected overseas travellers is controlled through the isolation of these individuals under the stay-home notice, even if they had not undergone any routine testing." ICA'S LETTER TO THAM The second issue was on an advisory issued by ICA to Tham on Mar 25. The advisory read: "You are hereby advised to comply with the requirements of the stay-home notice. If you are found to be in non-compliance with the stay-home notice again, the same leniency may not be shown towards you, and enforcement action may be taken against you under section 21A of the Infectious Diseases Act." Defence lawyers Josephus Tan and Cory Wong of Invictus Law said the advisory meant that enforcement agencies had administered Tham with a warning, and that they were prepared to grant Tham leniency for his breaches of the stay-home notice on Mar 23. "The reasonable inference that flows from this is the enforcement agency's own assessment of Alan's case to be of sufficiently low culpability or harm on day zero for him to be let off with a warning in lieu of prosecution, save in the event of re-offending," said Mr Tan. He said that Tham's prosecution in court shows a significant "operational disconnect" in the chain of command. In response, the prosecution said that ICA's advisory "merely 'advised' the accused against non-compliance with the stay-home notice again". They said that the phrase "failing which the same leniency may not be shown" did not contain any express and unequivocal statement that Tham would not be prosecuted. On top of this, the advisory did not state that the Attorney-General's Chambers would not prosecute Tham for breaching the stay-home notice on Mar 23. "In this instance, the advisory letter ... was issued by ICA," said Mr Chin. "It cannot fetter the public prosecutor’s discretion to prosecute if the evidential basis to do so, and if such a prosecution is in the public interest." He added that "whether the prosecution ultimately chooses to prosecute for the warned offence is something entirely within its power". The prosecutor said that there is "clearly no abuse of process in this case and there is no reason why the advisory letter would render the accused’s prosecution wrong in law". For exposing others to the risk of infection of COVID-19 by breaching his stay-home notice, Tham could have been jailed for up to six months, fined a maximum S$10,000 or both. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-breach-stay-home-notice-bak-kut-teh-jail-12668182 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelander Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 30 minutes ago, meng.huat said: 6 weeks jail! Damn fierce sia!! They really made an example out of him...no joke sia, 6 weeks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 while in bolehsia.......... and this kgk is deputy health minister. really is jin sakti!!!!!! https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3080728/coronavirus-backlash-malaysian-politicians-caught-flouting-covid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: while in bolehsia.......... and this kgk is deputy health minister. really is jin sakti!!!!!! https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3080728/coronavirus-backlash-malaysian-politicians-caught-flouting-covid It Malaysia not sg la. Rule is different 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 22 minutes ago, Homelander said: They really made an example out of him...no joke sia, 6 weeks Kill cheekon warn monkeys 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: while in bolehsia.......... and this kgk is deputy health minister. really is jin sakti!!!!!! https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3080728/coronavirus-backlash-malaysian-politicians-caught-flouting-covid not only crowd in close proximity... they also shake hands, kissed hands and eat with hands. dont want to spread also difficult. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 All for bkt. Maybe if he was more humble on facebook his friends wouldnt have bk him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: All for bkt. Maybe if he was more humble on facebook his friends wouldnt have bk him he got same problem as kurt tay... every shit also post in social media. social media is like magic... everything is inflated and multiplied in social media... good or bad all same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, meng.huat said: he got same problem as kurt tay... every shit also post in social media. social media is like magic... everything is inflated and multiplied in social media... good or bad all same. If only chiobu like that too every post about their sai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 hours ago, ManOfTheHour said: All for bkt. Maybe if he was more humble on facebook his friends wouldnt have bk him Ya problem is new gen too haolian... Lack humble 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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