The Straits Times reports
SINGAPORE – While the eight-week rostered routine testing exercise announced on Sept 6 is not compulsory, companies and workers can still be in trouble if they submit fake antigen rapid test (ART) results.
This is because they can be convicted of cheating or forgery, lawyer Cory Wong told The Straits Times.
Mr Wong had represented Chinese national Zhang Shaopeng, 30, who was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Wednesday after having forged a Covid-19 vaccination certificate to try to dine at Tanuki Raw bar and restaurant at Orchard Central.
Zhang had asked a colleague to send a photo of a doctor’s memo that certified the colleague had been vaccinated against Covid-19. Using a mobile phone app, Zhang edited the photo, replacing his colleague’s name with his own but was caught by alert staff who lodged a police report.
There is a risk some errant individuals or companies might try the same tactic, said Mr Wong.
But Mr Wong, who is an associate director at Invictus Law Corporation, cautioned: “If you take a photograph (of an ART kit) that belongs to your friend and you are misrepresenting it as yours, that would fall under the offence of cheating.”
Read more. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/possible-jail-time-if-you-fake-a-covid-19-art-result
