Four men were fined $1500 in Singapore for breaching Covid-19 rules

Four men were fined $1,500 in Singapore for breaching Covid-19 rules. 

On Tuesday (April 5), our men were fined $1,500 each for violating Covid-19 laws during a New Year’s Eve party in Clarke Quay that drew hundreds of people.

Shyama Kumar Sharath, 21, Ateesh Ashutosh Rao, 22, Kevan Loh Wei Kang, 22, and Declan Goh, 23, all pleaded guilty to one count of failing to maintain a one-meter separation from others in the throng.

According to the court, on December 31, last year, Goh met up with Loh and three other pals at a pub in Clarke Quay.

They sat along the riverbank until it began to rain, at which point they went to Clarke Quay Central.

A group of four, including Kotra Venkata Sai Rohankrishna and Galaxy Low Xuan Ming, were filming a video for a YouTube channel around the same time.

In court filings, their ages were not revealed.

Low wore a wrestling mask while Kotra wore a Spider-Man outfit. They were doing interviews, taking photographs, and filming videos.

Kotra and Low struggled in front of the camera at 11.30 p.m.

Goh, who was not wearing a mask, functioned as their referee and came within 1 meter of the two of them in the process.

Loh also posed with Kotra’s group for a shot without keeping a 1-meter distance or wearing a mask.

Despite not being allowed to meet in groups greater than five, Rao and Sharath were part of a group of nine celebrating the New Year near reading Bridge outside Riverside Point.

Verma Pulkit, 22, one of their buddies, ascended the bridge’s parapet about midnight and broke open a bottle of champagne.

Rao and Sharath did not maintain a 1m separation from the rest of the audience during the festivities.

The four guys were purposefully non-compliant, according to Deputy Public Prosecutor Wu Yu Jie. “This was a flagrant violation of the controls to prevent the spread of Covid-19.”

Kotra, Low, and Verma have all been charged, and their cases are still pending in court.

Hundreds of people have attended the New Year’s Eve countdown party in front of Riverside Point.

Online videos show a raucous crowd screaming, singing, and rejoicing in what police have described as a flagrant violation of Covid-19 safe management standards and a possible superspreader event.

Those found guilty of violating Covid-19 regulations face a fine of up to $10,000, a six-month prison sentence, or both.