SINGAPORE — Phoon Chiu Yoke, better known as 'Badge Lady', was sentenced to nine weeks' jail and a fine of $3,000 on Monday (Sept 11), for offences that included repeatedly failing to wear a mask in Orchard Road amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022. This will be her second stint behind bars over similar offences, as she was earlier sentenced...
SINGAPORE — Phoon Chiu Yoke, better known as "Badge Lady", was sentenced to nine weeks' jail and a fine of $3,000 on Monday , for offences that included repeatedly failing to wear a mask in Orchard Road amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022.
Stressing that the offender cannot be allowed to make a mockery of the measures to deal with the pandemic, the prosecutor said: " cavalier attitude towards Covid-19 was appalling." Without revealing details, she said that she is medically unfit to be in prison and that her earlier duties with the Singapore Armed Forces should be taken into consideration.After a trial, the judge had convicted her on Aug 11, 2023, of three charges under the Covid-19 Act and one charge under the Infectious Diseases Act.
She said then: "If the section has been revoked, then why are we sitting here discussing an offence that is no longer an offence? Separately, Phoon had failed to attend an interview for an investigation by the Singapore Tourism Board regarding a mask-related offence. She had earlier claimed that anybody familiar with the STB would know that it "does not have enforcement powers", and stated that she had filed the police report as a dutiful citizen.
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