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SINGAPORE – Another member of a group of 12 who had illegally gathered on Lazaro Island on Aug. 8 amid the Covid-19 outbreak was fined $ 3,000.
Luong Thi Thu Ha, 31, pleaded guilty on Friday (December 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 claim that the Vietnamese woman, a permanent resident here, along with 11 other people, took a ferry from mainland Singapore to St John’s Island at 11am on August 8.
Upon arrival, the group walked to the beach along Lazaro Island, which is connected by an artificial causeway from San Juan Island.
They then participated in various leisure activities, before returning to the mainland on a ferry from St John’s Island around 6pm.
A member of the group, Natalie Joanna Sarkies, 29, later posted photos of the trip on the social media platform Instagram.
The photos were subsequently published on various media platforms, drawing public attention and causing public alarm, Deputy Prosecutor Timotheus Koh said.
Each member of the group was subsequently indicted on October 2 for a crime under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act.
Seven other members of the group were treated before and have also been fined $ 3,000 each.
They are Sarkies; Zoe Louise Cronk, 30 years old; Jeff Richard Alexander, 32; Lowri Mair Jeffs, 31 years old; Richard Henri Lagesse, 31 years old; William Edwin Dunford, 32 years old; and Paul Jonathon Gold, also 32.
Sarkies is from Singapore, while the rest are British.
The cases of the remaining members: Helen Ann Sullivan, 30; Joshua Adam Roth, 31; James Riby Oram Trimming, 31, and Edward John Joseph Lee-Bull, 32, are still pending.
In a statement on Friday, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said PRs who have been convicted of crimes will have their permanent residence status reviewed.
He added that the validity of Luong’s re-entry permit will be shortened in the next renewal.
If found guilty of a crime under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act, first-time offenders can be jailed for up to six months or fined up to $ 10,000, or both.
Repeat offenders can be jailed for up to one year or fined up to $ 20,000, or both.
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