Youths Who Posted Videos of Teen Drinking Juice & Putting It Back in FairPrice to be Charged

A few months have passed and the coronavirus situation hasn’t eased up.

If anything, the situation has only gotten more serious, with governments all over the world resorting to stringent measures to curb the spread.

This also means introducing new Bills to ensure that Singaporeans take the necessary precautions and swiftly punishing those who don’t:

Youths Who Posted Videos of Teen Drinking Juice & Putting It Back in FairPrice to be Charged

The arms of the law have caught up with the youths associated with a controversial video that made the rounds on social media recently.

Back in February this year, one youth had filmed himself taking a drink from a supermarket, drinking it and then putting it back, and adding the sentence “How to spread Wuhan” on the video.

The video was deemed to have caused “public alarm” by the police.

They were then promptly identified by our very resourceful Singapore Police Force and here’s the latest update:

Youths Arrested

Two youths have since been arrested on the grounds of public nuisance.

NTUC Fairprice earlier assured us that it would be “working with the authorities on the necessary actions that need to be taken for this case.”

The whole debacle occurred almost two months ago on 10 February 2020.

The police said in a statement on Wednesday that they’ve arrested two 17-year-old youths involved.

A police report had been lodged on 8 February.

“One of the youths had uploaded the video on to his private Instagram account. However, an acquaintance recorded a copy of the video and circulated it online,” said the police.

“This caused public alarm and concern.”

The two youths will be charged in court tomorrow (9 April) in relation to the offence of public nuisance with common intention.

According to STOMP, anyone convicted of public nuisance will be liable, on the first conviction, to a jail term of up to three months and/or a fine of up to $2,000.

The police also added in their statement that they will not tolerate “any actions that stoke undue public alarm, especially during this period of heightened sensitivity.”

Here’s a gentle reminder to everyone not to repeat such behaviour especially during such a sensitive time.

Situation In Singapore

Yesterday (7 April), there are 106 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and only 3 of them are imported.

41 cases have no known links. Out of the remaining 62 cases, 52 are linked to known clusters. In total, Singapore has 1,481 cases.

377 patients have fully recovered and are discharged. 29 are now in ICU. 6 have passed away due to complications from COVID-19 infections.

You can read more about it here.