Chinese National Tried to Bribe Officer with $50 After He Was Caught Without Mask in Public

This is Chan Long, aka Jackie Chan.

You see, even when he’s a superstar whom we all know, he’s wearing a mask. And this is Chen Long, aka a guy who’s now in hot water:

Because this Chen Long was caught without a mask in public two days ago, on 7 May 2020, and unlike most of us who would apologise and maybe pay the fine, Chen Long decided to offer $50 to the officer who’s caught him.

He must be new.

Chinese National Tried to Bribe Officer with $50 After He Was Caught Without Mask in Public

Yesterday, Chen Long, a 27-year-old Chinese national who holds a work permit here in Singapore, was charged.

And it’s not because he didn’t wear his mask, but because of what he did after that.

According to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), the man had tried to offer $50 to Public Transport Security Command officer Chan Hui Shi. The place that he was caught wasn’t mentioned, but since he’s caught by a TransCom officer, it most probably took place in a train or a train station.

TODAYonline stated that he had his mask on his chin instead.

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The charge was for “corruptly offering S$50” as an “inducement to refrain from taking enforcement action against him for breaching Regulation 3A(1)(a) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.”

Of course, anyone who’s lived in Singapore long enough would know that the officer immediately rejected the offer and reported him.

For that, Chen Long could be fined up to $100,000 or imprisoned for up to 5 years, or both.

Masks in Public Now and…Forever?

Since 14 April 2020, it’s compulsory to wear a mask when you’re in public, or you’d be liable to a composition fine of $300 for the first offence.

According to Mr Masagos Zulkifli, the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources aka Singapore’s Discipline Master for Circuit Breaker rules since he’s in charge of NEA as well, the number of people being caught without masks have decreased.

It was 430 in the first week and 270 the next week.

The authorities are also giving out a new type of reusable masks at the end of this month:

And just so you know, face masks are going to be part of our wardrobe for a long, long time.

Yesterday, during a virtual press conference by the multi-ministry task force, Lawrence Wong, the face of the fight against COVID-19, said, “The baseline protection will have to remain. Things like safe distancing measures, wearing of masks when you go out, or at work, all of these will remain post-June 1. There’s no doubt about that.”

So yes, you’d have to wear a mask post-Circuit Breaker. Even when you’re at work.

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