Three men jailed for breaching quarantine orders in Hong Kong


People with protective masks walking at a market, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Hong Kong on Monday (March 30). Three men were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from 10 days to three months on Monday after breaching the compulsory quarantine regulation in Hong Kong. - Reuters

HONG KONG: Three men were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from 10 days to three months on Monday (March 30) after breaching the compulsory quarantine regulation in Hong Kong amid the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the first such cases since the outbreak in December.

A man, 31, will be jailed for three months as he intentionally provided a fake home address to an authorized officer when entering Hong Kong through Shenzhen Bay Port border control point on March 8.

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