HIV-positive man jailed over false declarations before donating blood


A man lied to the authorities about his sexual activities and donated blood that was later found to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The 27-year-old Malaysian, who cannot be named because of a gag order, pleaded guilty yesterday to an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act and was sentenced to three months and two weeks’ jail.

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