Ex-Singapore Health Ministry official charged under OSA with leaking Covid-19 numbers 22 times


Zhao Zheng, who was deputy lead of MOH's Data Management Unit, has been charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A former deputy lead at the Ministry of Health (MOH) was charged on Wednesday (April 14) with allegedly leaking Singapore's daily Covid-19 case numbers 22 times last year.

Zhao Zheng, 36, who was the deputy lead of MOH's Data Management Unit, faces 24 charges under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

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