SINGAPORE - The former doctor who was embroiled in the HIV registry data leak last year has been sentenced to an additional 10 months jail for failing to provide narcotics officers with his urine sample.
Ler Teck Siang, 39, also admitted to a charge under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for failing to retain possession of the information relating to the HIV registry.
This charge was taken into consideration during the latest sentencing on Monday (Dec 21), which marks the end of criminal proceedings against Ler, should there be no further appeals.
Ler, a former head of the National Public Health Unit, had refused to provide his urine specimen to narcotics officers after he was arrested with a drug abuser at the Conrad Centennial hotel on March 2, 2018, the district court had found.
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Ler Teck Siang, the former doctor embroiled in the HIV registry data leak last year, has been sentenced to an additional 10 months jail for failing to provide narcotics officers with his urine sample.
Ler, 39, also admitted to a charge under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for failing to retain possession of the HIV registry, which he had access to when he was head of the National Public Health Unit.
This charge was taken into consideration during the latest sentencing yesterday, which marked the end of criminal proceedings against Ler, should there be no further appeals.
Ler had refused to provide his urine specimen to narcotics officers after he was arrested with a drug abuser at the Conrad Centennial hotel on March 2, 2018, the district court had found.