SINGAPORE: A man was fined S$5,000 on Wednesday (Jun 29) for lying that he had COVID-19 in order to get out of a voluntary research study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Paul Chan Kin Nang, 42, was also ordered to compensate the university S$349 for logistical changes they had to make because of
SINGAPORE: A man was fined S$5,000 on Wednesday for lying that he had COVID-19 in order to get out of a voluntary research study by Nanyang Technological University .
Chan completed the first session of the research study on Sep 1, 2020. The second session of the study was scheduled for Sep 7, 2020. The day before the second session, one of the researchers emailed Chan to remind him about it. During police questioning, Chan admitted that he had sent the false message"as he did not want to turn up for the second session but also did not want to formally reject NTU's reminder", court documents stated.
Deputy Public Prosecutor R Arvindren sought the fine that was imposed, calling Chan's actions"plain irresponsible" and"inexplicable" as he could have just withdrawn from the study.