‘Badge Lady’ trial: Phoon claims her image could have been superimposed on CCTV footage

Phoon Chiu Yoke claimed trial after being accused of not wearing a mask in Orchard Road on March 6, 2022. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Phoon Chiu Yoke objected to closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage being admitted into evidence during the trial on Monday (Feb 27), claiming she could not be certain her likeness was not superimposed on the video.

Phoon, 55, who netizens have dubbed “Badge Lady”, claimed trial after being accused of not wearing a mask in Orchard Road on March 6, 2022. She is contesting four charges, three of which are for failing to wear a mask when it was mandatory to do so.