Singapore authorities have jailed a taxi driver for four months over a Facebook post in which he falsely claimed food outlets would close and urged people to stock up due to impending Covid-19 restrictions.
Kenneth Lai Yong Hui, 40, deleted the message sent to a private Facebook group with around 7,500 members after 15 minutes, case records show, but the public prosecutor called for a sentence that would deter others.
“The psychological fight to allay fear and hysteria is just as important as the fight to contain the spread of Covid19,” deputy public prosecutor Deborah Lee said in her sentencing submission, according to case records.
