Alan Tham is the first person to be convicted of exposing others to the risk of infection by breaching a stay-home notice. - Shin Min Daily News/Screengrab from Facebook
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A man who breached a stay-home notice (SHN) and travelled out of his home to eat bak kut teh on March 23 amid the coronavirus outbreak was sentenced on Thursday (April 23) to six weeks' jail.
Alan Tham Xiang Sheng, 34, who pleaded guilty on April 16 to an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act, was the first person to be convicted of exposing others to the risk of infection by breaching an SHN.
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