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Civil servant arrested under Official Secrets Act over leak of COVID-19 case numbers


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SINGAPORE: A civil servant has been arrested for allegedly leaking COVID-19 case figures before they were officially released, according to a police news release on Thursday (Apr 23).

The 35-year-old Singaporean woman has been arrested for wrongful communication of information under the Official Secrets Act and unauthorised access to computer materials under the Computer Misuse Act.

She is also accused of accessing a Government COVID-19 database without authorisation to retrieve confidential records of a person who had tested positive for COVID-19, and gave the information to a friend, said the police.

On Apr 16 at about 7.40pm, the police received a report from a member of the public that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for that day had been published on an Instagram story post, even though the Ministry of Health (MOH) had not officially released the figures yet.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the woman, who is an authorised recipient of classified information on COVID-19, had shared the figures with members of a private WeChat group, said the police.

"Members in the WeChat group, who were not authorised to receive the classified information, further disseminated the information before MOH officially released the information," they said.

Further investigations found that the woman had previously shared daily COVID-19 case figures with the group before the figures were officially released on several other occasions.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...mbers-12671580

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9 hours ago, ManOfTheHour said:

Preliminary investigations revealed that the woman, who is an authorised recipient of classified information on COVID-19, had shared the figures with members of a private WeChat group, said the police.

"Members in the WeChat group, who were not authorised to receive the classified information, further disseminated the information before MOH officially released the information," they said.

 

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3 hours ago, Satki said:

Ok guys dont think you are hooking atb on wechat now. Could be your wife trying to hook up with men but acting like atb.

 

 

@socrates469bc maybe can confirm.

 

1 hour ago, Cynical Ape said:

"Singaporean" aka new citizen. :/

 

based on my many yrs of wechat surfing, there r 2 categories of sgp bus who use wechat.

 

first group r those using it to sell or advertise their products.

 

second will be localized atbs using it to advertise their services.

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