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SINGAPORE – Eight travelers arriving from South Korea and Thailand this month are under investigation for making false stay-at-home notice statements.
Four of them are non-Singaporeans who, if found guilty, may face revocation of their permanent resident status or cancellation of their permits and / or re-entry passes.
In a statement on Thursday (November 19), the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) and police said that four Singaporeans, two permanent residents and two long-term pass holders had made false statements to avoid delivering their notices. stay at home in dedicated facilities.
Prior to their arrival here between November 5 and 12, all eight had requested to opt out of delivering their stay-at-home notices to dedicated facilities and instead deliver the notices to their place of residence.
In their applications, they had stated that they would occupy their place of residence alone or only with household members with the same travel history and that they would send notices to stay at home for the same duration.
However, between November 6 and 13, law enforcement officers conducted checks at their declared place of residence and found them living with household members who were not delivering notices to stay at home.
The eight travelers were then taken to facilities dedicated to stay-at-home announcements.
They are currently being investigated by the police and may be prosecuted.
If found guilty, the ICA and police said they will review the immigration status of the four non-Singaporeans.
The statuses of the two PRs may be revoked or the re-entry permits may be canceled or shortened, while the two long-term pass holders may have their passes canceled or shortened.
ICA and police said that as a precautionary measure “to safeguard public health,” household members who were with the eight, but who were not on the stay-at-home notices, also received the notices.
Currently, those arriving from Fiji, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey can choose not to deliver their 14-day stay-at-home notices to dedicated facilities and instead have them delivered to a location. of adequate residence. if they meet two criteria.
First, they must not have traveled to any other country or region apart from the selected countries or regions in the last 14 days before entering Singapore.
Second, the traveler must occupy their place of residence alone, or only with household members who share the same travel history and are serving the same length of stay-at-home notices.
Those arriving from Macau, Taiwan and Malaysia, except Sabah, can also deliver seven-day stay-at-home notices in their own accommodations rather than in dedicated facilities.
The ICA has required all travelers who attend to stay-at-home notices outside of dedicated facilities to use an electronic monitoring device for the entire notification period since August 11.
The ICA and the police cautioned members of the public to take all statements related to health, travel, and stay-at-home notices seriously, and to submit truthful and accurate information.
“Firm enforcement measures will be taken against those found to have made false statements,” they added.
Those who make false statements to choose not to participate in the facilities dedicated to the notifications in the home can be prosecuted for crimes under the Penal Code, the Law of Infectious Diseases or both.
Your crimes can carry jail time, a fine, or both.
Those who do not comply with the stay-at-home notification requirements, including persons who manipulate and / or remove the electronic monitoring device during its notification period, are subject to prosecution under the Infectious Diseases Regulations (Covid-19 – Suspension Orders) 2020.
The penalty for such a crime is up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $ 10,000, or both.
For foreigners, the ICA or the Ministry of Manpower can take additional administrative measures, such as revoking or shortening the validity of their permits or passes to stay or work in Singapore.
Members of the public can provide information about anyone who does not meet the Home Stay Notification Requirements to ICA on the website or by calling 6812-5555.
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