Priscilla Tan used niece's TT token to enter malls, fine $10k

[Cottonmouth]

Healthcare worker fined $10k for using niece's TraceTogether token​

Priscilla Tan Siew Sin did not have Covid-19 at the time, but was waiting for her swab result. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

Jean Iau



SINGAPORE - In order to circumvent contact-tracing efforts while serving a leave of absence, a healthcare worker used her 12-year-old niece's TraceTogether token to enter public places to get food and borrow library books.

On Monday (April 25), Priscilla Tan Siew Sin, 34, was fined $10,000 for cheating by personation. Two other similar charges were taken into consideration for her sentencing.

Tan did not have Covid-19 at the time.

The court heard that Tan, a patient service associate at the National Neuroscience Institute in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, on April 30 last year had been established as a contact of a doctor who tested positive for Covid-19, and was placed on a leave of absence.

She was allowed at the time to leave her place of residence for necessities such as to buy food.

However, Tan was concerned about getting into trouble for leaving the house if she was found to have contracted Covid-19 or if she came into contact with someone else who had the virus, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Wu Yu Jie.

With her swab result still pending on April 30 last year, Tan used her niece's TraceTogether token to buy dinner from The Poiz Centre in Upper Serangoon.

She also used her niece's token on May 2 that year at the library@esplanade to borrow books and later at Marina Square to get dinner.

Tan's lawyers, Ms Joyce Khoo and Ms Diana Ngiam from Quahe Woo & Palmer, urged the court to impose a $5,000 fine, arguing that no actual harm was caused by Tan's actions.

Ms Khoo said the Covid-19 situation at the time was very confusing for many, and her client made the misguided decision to use her niece's TraceTogether token when she was allowed to use her own.

"It was a foolish mistake," she added.

DPP Wu accepted that Tan was allowed to leave her home but argued that she intended to circumvent contact tracing.

Calling for general deterrence to stop others from committing similar offences, DPP Wu said that the more people act this way, the less impactful the contact-tracing regime will be.

The defence also pleaded for leniency in the light of the easing of measures that comes into effect on Tuesday, including most venues no longer requiring check in with TraceTogether.

However, District Judge Ronald Gwee said one has to look at the time the offence was committed, and added that the Government has said that should the Covid-19 situation worsen, measures could be tightened again.

For cheating by personation, Tan could have been jailed for five years, fined, or both.

 

[LexLuthor]

How did they find out ?

 

[mahjongking]

10k?, thats fucking extortion for such a minor crap, i rather go changi hotel stay a few weeks

 

[sweetiepie]

Patient servid assoc celery 1.2k fine 10k
Need to work 1 year free liao

 

[sweetiepie]

10k?, thats fucking extortion for such a minor crap, i rather go changi hotel stay a few weeks

My uncle ever been offered a $5k fine vs 1 mth changi. If my uncle has leetired he will take the 1 mth changi . But still cannot run away from the 1 day jail as punishment without criminal leecord kind

 

[sweetiepie]

My uncle ever been offered a $5k fine vs 1 mth changi. If my uncle has leetired he will take the 1 mth changi . But still cannot run away from the 1 day jail as punishment without criminal leecord kind

When my uncle always said if there is no crime then pap worlee is not joking one becas of my uncle wise conversation with IO he can tell they are more keen to collect money then anything else (soon par with dying of covid if untrue)

 

[nirvarq]

How did they find out ?

Her phone TraceTogether Bluetooth was not off hence from records tracing she's all over the place ....... but gantry don't have her check-in wor ..... lol........

 

[rushifa666]

Cheapo idiot woman. Got grab dont use

 

[sweetiepie]

When my uncle always said if there is no crime then pap worlee is not joking one becas of my uncle wise conversation with IO he can tell they are more keen to collect money then anything else (soon par with dying of covid if untrue)

Why my uncle so sure if no crime then pap worlee ?
Ans is here :
My uncle bought an ileegal item from someone and got caught and arrested. Up mata chia go mata chu. Mata will do some basic investigation and paperwork eg check my uncle got other ileegal items. Check his hp messages to look for any suspicious activities eg got Lee sell the item ? check any drugs in bag. Even panandol will become a drug at this point of time. mata will start to interrogate why you need panadol. Why you sick etc. No choice at this point of time my uncle is a suspect. After many hours of checks mata cannot find anything to charge my uncle they will do a handover to sg custom. Up custom chia and travelled to custom hq. Note that at this point of time my uncle is a suspect so all the way is handcuffed until proven innocent. Custom asked my uncle to hold the lumber board and took criminal picture. Then IO will check my uncle's cpf to findout if he employed or unemployed. If unemployed then jialat liao means 无业流氓 .IO will interrogate where my uncle bought this item from. When my uncle told IO the source so that he won't think my uncle is the supplier he not keen to know at all .IO will continue the fear mongering show to let my uncle be prepared to go court and ask someone to bail my uncle from cantonment complex. After a few hours IO came tell my uncle he can try offer $5k composition fine as my uncle is employed so he will try to believe my uncle is not a supplier. My uncle asked if don't pay how long the sentence. IO said 1 to 2 months bah. IO also will facilitate how to get the money in a short time eg call friends family or use credit card also ok. This process is same like kana mudland polis hijack. My uncle has no choice as he cannot leave criminal leecord at this point of time. So my uncle said he want to use credit card but credit leemit not enuf. IO said can use multiple cards. After my uncle agreed to this arrangement i.e pay money and fucked off IO said he still need to lock my uncle for 24 hours as punishment. After 24 hours reached proceeded to counter and make payment. My uncle is then considered a free man without criminal leecord.

 

[laksaboy]

We must salute our healthcare workers.

 

[laksaboy]

Her phone TraceTogether Bluetooth was not off hence from records tracing she's all over the place ....... but gantry don't have her check-in wor ..... lol........

Yeah it's a mistake on her part.

Actually, Bluetooth should be off all the time on your phone unless you really need it. It drains the battery.

Maybe she's one of those dumb cunts who obediently kept the app running in the background to 'keep Singapore safe'.

 

[Cottonmouth]

We must salute our healthcare workers.

Discount or free meals for HCW?

 

[millim6868]

One Fat CB,must be.new citizen or PR from 3rd world

 

[LexLuthor]

Yeah it's a mistake on her part.

Actually, Bluetooth should be off all the time on your phone unless you really need it. It drains the battery.

Maybe she's one of those dumb cunts who obediently kept the app running in the background to 'keep Singapore safe'.

If it's true that she forgot to turn off her Bluetooth, her TT would only show where she had been to.

However, she wasn't charged for going to those places; she was charged for personation, using her niece's TT.

 

[kkbutterfly]

tiagong la.i really only tiagong la...her neice is only pri sch.so her nric flash on the entry display is 1234567.
but her age look like 4o years old,so her nric should be S81xxxxx or s82xxxxx cannot be pri sch nric la.
i only tai gong ,really really tia gong only

 

[Cottonmouth]

tiagong la.i really only tiagong la...her neice is only pri sch.so her nric flash on the entry display is 1234567.
but her age look like 4o years old,so her nric should be S81xxxxx or s82xxxxx cannot be pri sch nric la.
i only tai gong ,really really tia gong only

IC will show last 4 character like xxxx414D, not the first 3.

 

[kkbutterfly]

IC will show last 4 character like xxxx414D, not the first 3.

good observation

 

[shittypore]

Judge woke up wrong side of his bed.