General practitioner Jipson Quah was handed a more serious charge on Tuesday (Jan 25) over allegations that he submitted false Covid-19 vaccination records.
Quah was originally charged with conspiring with his assistant, Thomas Chua Cheng Soon, and a woman named Mehrajunnisha to cheat the Ministry of Health (MOH).
However, the prosecution amended his charge to one of fraud by false representation under Section 424A of the Penal Code. This carries a maximum imprisonment term of 20 years, while those convicted of cheating can be jailed for up to three years.
District Judge Terence Tay, who rejected Quah's lawyers’ request for him to be released on bail, ordered that he be remanded for another week for further investigations. He has been on remand since he was first charged last Friday (Jan 21).
Quah, 33, appeared in court through a video link dressed in a white polo tee.
He is now accused of falsely representing to MOH on Jan 14 that Mehrajunnisha was vaccinated against Covid-19 with Sinopharm when she was not, in order for her to obtain a certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus.
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Quah was originally charged with conspiring with his assistant, Thomas Chua Cheng Soon, and a woman named Mehrajunnisha to cheat the Ministry of Health (MOH).
However, the prosecution amended his charge to one of fraud by false representation under Section 424A of the Penal Code. This carries a maximum imprisonment term of 20 years, while those convicted of cheating can be jailed for up to three years.
District Judge Terence Tay, who rejected Quah's lawyers’ request for him to be released on bail, ordered that he be remanded for another week for further investigations. He has been on remand since he was first charged last Friday (Jan 21).
Quah, 33, appeared in court through a video link dressed in a white polo tee.
He is now accused of falsely representing to MOH on Jan 14 that Mehrajunnisha was vaccinated against Covid-19 with Sinopharm when she was not, in order for her to obtain a certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus.
More at https://shrtcô.de/A2GFxC