Singapore: An Indian-origin Singaporean was sentenced to two months’ jail on Thursday for shouting corona, corona and spitting on a hotel floor at the Changi Airport, the first conviction of its kind in the country related to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a media report.
Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh, 52, pleaded guilty to one count each of committing a rash act and being a public nuisance on March 3, 2020, The Straits Times reported.
Singh smashed a plate and spat onto the floor of the Azur Restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel after a waitress told him that the eatery was closed.
Still unhappy, Singh spat onto the floor two more times and yelled: "Corona, corona."
This is the first conviction of its kind related to the current coronavirus outbreak, according to the Singapore daily.
Singh must also spend an additional 55 days behind bars, as he had breached a remission order after his early release from prison in February. He was sentenced to jail in January to six months and five weeks' jail over offences including harassment.
As part of the order, he was not supposed to commit any more offences between February 28 and April 26 this year.
02/04/20 PTI/India Today
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Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh, 52, pleaded guilty to one count each of committing a rash act and being a public nuisance on March 3, 2020, The Straits Times reported.
Singh smashed a plate and spat onto the floor of the Azur Restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel after a waitress told him that the eatery was closed.
Still unhappy, Singh spat onto the floor two more times and yelled: "Corona, corona."
This is the first conviction of its kind related to the current coronavirus outbreak, according to the Singapore daily.
Singh must also spend an additional 55 days behind bars, as he had breached a remission order after his early release from prison in February. He was sentenced to jail in January to six months and five weeks' jail over offences including harassment.
As part of the order, he was not supposed to commit any more offences between February 28 and April 26 this year.
02/04/20 PTI/India Today
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