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Club owner and 7 others fined for meeting at Arab Street club during circuit breaker
An empty Arab street with most shops closed during the circuit breaker period (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
03 Feb 2021 02:34PM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: During the circuit breaker , when all social gatherings were prohibited, a club owner invited his business partners and shareholders to his outlet in Arab Street to discuss how to deal with the financial losses from the pandemic.
The police heard music coming from the premises and raided the club to find it in operation, with 13 people drinking, chatting and singing karaoke inside two rooms.
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A club owner and seven others were fined yesterday for gathering in a club on Arab Street during the circuit breaker.
Yesterday, the club owner, Teo Guoshun, 34, was fined $7,500 and the six others - Ang Kok Siang, 32; Chong Kaichen Terence, 29; Per Li Min, 26; Tan Whenn, 25; Teng Chung Choon James, 46; Veronica Ong Xue Yu, 21 - were fined $3,000 after they pleaded guilty to unlawfully leaving their homes to gather at Club Playground.
The seventh person, Zhang Min, 28, a Chinese national, was fined $2,800.
A second charge was taken into consideration for the seven people.
The court heard Teo, who also pleaded guilty to operating the club unlawfully, had arranged for the meeting at the club with shareholders and business partners to discuss how to settle the losses incurred by the club during the circuit breaker period.