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10 Indian nationals in Singapore charged with breaching COVID-19 restrictions

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Press Trust of India Singapore
Last Updated : May 22 2020 | 2:30 PM IST

Ten Indian nationals, some of them students, were charged on Friday with breaching the COVID-19 restrictions in Singapore by holding gatherings in a rented flat.

Three of the group invited the other seven to their rented flat to drink tea, talk or study on the morning of May 5,breaching the social distancing measures in place to combat coronavirus, the Channel News Asia reported.

Under the COVID-19 regulations, meeting members of other households for a social purpose is prohibited and punishable by a maximum six-month jail term, a fine of up to SGD 10,000 or both.

The three tenants consisting of a woman, Avinash Kaur, and two men, Navdeep Singh, and Sajandeep Singh

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First Published: May 22 2020 | 2:30 PM IST

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