FOUR work pass holders who breached safe distancing measures while spending a day on Lazarus Island last year are permanently banned from working in Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said.
MOM has revoked their work passes. They were part of a group of 12 people who were on Lazarus Island on Aug 8.
The four British nationals were sentenced on Wednesday and fined S$3,000 (RM9,160) for breaching Covid-19 regulations.
Three of them – Helen Ann Sullivan, Joshua Adam Roth, and James Riby Oram Trimming – are 31, and the fourth, Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull, is 33.
They pleaded guilty to a charge of meeting others for a non-permitted purpose and without reasonable excuse under Covid-19 regulations.
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They receive the same sentence given to the other eight who were with them last August
Convicted British nationals Helen Ann Sullivan (above), Joshua Adam Roth, Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull and James Riby Oram Trimming. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Convicted British nationals Helen Ann Sullivan, Joshua Adam Roth (above), Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull and James Riby Oram Trimming. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Convicted British nationals Helen Ann Sullivan, Joshua Adam Roth, Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull (above) and James Riby Oram Trimming. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Convicted British nationals Helen Ann Sullivan, Joshua Adam Roth, Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull and James Riby Oram Trimming (above). ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Luong Thi Thu Ha, 31, pleaded guilty on Friday (Dec 11) to one count of violating Covid-19 regulations that prohibit social gatherings of more than five people who do not stay in the same place of residence.
Court documents state that the Vietnamese woman, a permanent resident here, along with 11 others, took a ferry from mainland Singapore to St John s Island at 11am on Aug 8.
Upon arrival, the group walked to the beach along Lazarus Island, which is connected by a man-made causeway from St John s Island.
They then engaged in various leisure activities, before returning to the mainland via a ferry from St John s Island at around 6pm.