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Balachandran Parthiban leaving the State Courts on November 18, 2020. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, July 12 A 26-year-old foreign worker was sentenced to nine months’ jail on Monday (July 12) for trying to leave Singapore during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when he had been told to wait in hospital for the results of his swab test.
Balachandran Parthiban’s test came back positive for Covid-19 after he was picked up by the police at Changi Airport and escorted back to Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
The Indian national had taken public transport there, tried unsuccessfully to buy a ticket to India, and loitered at Terminal 1 for about four hours.
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Singapore, May 7
A 41-year-old Indian-origin woman in Singapore was on Friday sentenced to two weeks jail and a fine of 2,000 dollars for not wearing a mask while she was outside her residence, according to a media report.
Paramjeet Kaur pleaded guilty to one charge each for failing to wear a mask over her nose and mouth while she was outside her residence, and for causing public nuisance, The Straits Times reported.
Five other charges were taken into consideration by District Judge Ronald Gwee during sentencing.
Three of these were for breaching Covid-19 regulations while the other two were for failing to report her change of home address and for refusing to sign her statement at a police station, the report said.