SINGAPORE - A man who signed up for a voluntary research study at Nanyang Technological University , but did not want to turn up for a second session, sent a researcher an e-mail falsely stating that
he had tested positive for Covid-19.
Research activities for that week and the week after were disrupted and NTU had to pay nearly $350 due to the logistical changes. The court heard that Chan had signed up for the research study titled Studying The Mental Processes In Decision Making. The participants were paid based on the stage of the task.
The second session of the study was fixed on Sept 7 that year and the researcher sent Chan an e-mail the day before to remind him about it. The researcher alerted her colleagues, and an NTU administration manager sent Chan an e-mail stating:"We are sorry to have to trouble you to provide us with some information, as NTU has to check with MOE on follow-up actions for our research personnel who were in contact with you last week."
Urging the court to impose a fine of at least $5,000, the prosecutor said:"The accused's act was plain irresponsible and there was no benefit to anybody, even the accused himself.
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