6 People in Robertson Quay Gathering Have Been Permanently Banned From Working in S’pore

Today (25 June 2020), we got to know that the first seven people who were charged for gathering in Robertson Quay during the Circuit Breaker period were fined between $8,000 and $9,000.

All of them managed to avoid jail time, and you’d have thought that that would have been the conclusion: they pay the fine and then live happily ever after in Singapore again.

But no; Ministry of Manpower (MOM) then released a press released later today, and it turned out that while the court has punished them with fines, MOM is punishing them with something even worse: a permanent ban.

6 People Involved in Robertson Quay Gathering Have Been Permanently Banned From Working in S’pore

According to MOM, between 1 May 2020 to 25 June 2020, they’ve revoked the work passes of 140 work pass holders for breaching circuit breaker measures, Stay-Home Notices (SHN) or Quarantine Orders (QO).

And they revealed that 6 of them are the work pass holders who were found guilty today for breach of circuit breaker measures.

Double whammy for them, indeed.

You can read more about how they came about meeting each other here:

They, together with the other 134 work pass holders, are permanently banned from working in Singapore.

What Others Did

Of the 140 work pass holders, 42 of them have breached their SHN or QO, for they were caught outside their residence during the period whereby they can’t even step out of the house.

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98 work pass holders, including the famous 6, were caught breaching circuit breaker measures. These individuals were found eating, drinking and gathering in groups in public during the circuit breaker.

These took place at various locations such as dormitories, private residential areas, East Coast Park and of course, Robertson Quay.

And MOM has harsh words for defiant work pass holders: obey the laws.

They will continue to take enforcement actions against work pass holders who do not comply with the requirements, including the revocation of work passes. This is regardless of the work pass holder’s nationality and pass type.

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