On 9 June 2020, 15 Singaporeans, aged 22 to 27, gathered at the Jurong warehouse for Windsor Lim Weng Wah’s birthday party, despite the Government stating that “non-essential activities and social gatherings [would] be prohibited” in line with Singapore’s Phase One: Safe Reopening efforts.
Talk about the party of the year.
Yesterday (27 January 2021), 12 people of them were fined for flouting the rules by attending the party, while three others were charged.
The 12 individuals pleaded guilty one charge under Regulation 6(1) of the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 for “gathering with any other individual, outside of the individual’s ordinary place of residence for a purpose that is not performing work”.
A person, Federick Ng Jun Ming, was fined S$3,500.
He had invited three others to the birthday party — Brandon Chew Chng Hwee, Ho Yuan Liang, and Dexter Low Yong De. They were fined S$2,500 each.
Eight others (Felicia Khoo Li Pei, Melvinden Balakrishnan, Darryl Lim Zong Han, Daryl Tang Guan Rui, How Yu Sheng, Chia Shuo Hong, Dylan Tan Zhan Yi, and Rayson Tham Yuan Feng) were each fined S$2,000.
Three other cases have been indicted and their cases pending, including Windsor Lim Weng Wah (the birthday boy).
The perpetrators could have been fined up to S$10,000 or jailed up to six months, or both.
So What Happened?
On the evening of 9 June 2020, Windsor Lim and Federick Ng agreed to meet at the Jurong warehouse where Federick Ng and Chia Shuo Hong worked.
Frederick Ng then proceeded to invite Chia Shuo Hong, Felicia Khoo and Soh Ming.
Soh Ming then invited Darryl Lim.
Six others then attended the party despite not having been invited.
At approximately 3 am, an anonymous woman called the police to report suspected drug-related activities.
Soon afterwards, police officers arrived at the warehouse and heard loud music. They informed all attendees to leave the warehouse immediately.
The prosecutor cited that the perpetrators should be held accountable for their complacency and blatant disregard for the government implemented safe distancing measures.
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