SCDF NSF Jailed For Breaching Stay-Home Orders Tested Positive For Covid-19
The New Paper|October 12, 2021
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) full-time national serviceman ignored doctor’s orders to stay home after showing symptoms of Covid-19 and instead visited Bugis Junction and the skate park in Somerset.
Osmond Chia
SCDF NSF Jailed For Breaching Stay-Home Orders Tested Positive For Covid-19

He found out later he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Fathullah Abdul Rahman, 23, was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison yesterday for flouting orders to remain at home while on medical leave and awaiting the results of his Covid-19 swab tests.

He faced four charges in court for breaching stay-home orders while on medical leave on four occasions last year.

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