19YO Breached COVID-19 Quarantine Orders to Play A Mobile Game

There are numerous reasons why some people in Singapore have decided to breach their COVID-19 quarantine orders, all of which are equally wrong in the eyes of the law.

Some of these include:

• meeting a friend
• hanky panky
• Bak Kut Teh

But, sometimes, these people breach their quarantine orders because of an emergency.

In the case of this 19-year-old, for instance, he badly needed to play Mobile Legends.

19YO Breached COVID-19 Quarantine Orders to Play A Mobile Game

In April last year, 19-year-old Dave Darren Savuryrajoo drank beer outside his house.

Normally, this wouldn’t make front-page news, but it happened to occur during the circuit breaker, where residents could only go outside for essential reasons.

What’s more, he failed to wear his face mask properly when he met his friend at the carpark on 14 June.

Soon after, Dave met someone else at the same carpark just to play Mobile Legends – once again breaking COVID-19 rules.

On Wednesday (19 May), the 19-year-old was given five charges for breaching COVID-19 regulations in April and June 2020.

If convicted, Dave could face a jail term of up to six months, a fine of up to S$10,000, or both.

According to AsiaOne, court records indicate that he intends to plead guilty on 30 June.

Man on Quarantine Order Spent Bulk of Time on Public Transport Coz He Was Bored

Dave’s decision to break the law to play Mobile Legends may not have been the wisest one, but at least one can see how boredom could drive someone to do such a thing.

Soh Poh Tiong’s reason for breaching his quarantine order in May 2020, however, is a little perplexing, to say the least.

On 10 May last year, the 65-year-old reported to work as usual. He worked as a cleaner at Northpoint City shopping mall.

His supervisor asked him to return home because a colleague of his had contracted COVID-19, so Soh was ordered to stay at home and not report to work until further notice.

Over the next few days, officers from the Ministry of Health (MOH) tried to visit Soh at home to serve his quarantine order, but couldn’t as he was away.

Where?

On a bus or MRT, travelling around the country because he was bored.

In fact, Soh left his home every day from 14 May to 21 May, even after signing and acknowledging the quarantine order, claiming he was very bored at home.

His EZ-link records show that he spent between 2 hours and 10 hours each day on buses in that period.

Is there a bus service with a live band and video game consoles that I’m not aware of?

In the end, Soh was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail.

The lesson here, is that whether it’s to eat Bak Kut Teh, play Mobile Legends, or, uh, sit on a bus, you should never breach your quarantine orders.

You may be bored, but someone else could end up getting sick just so you can be entertained.

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