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Jail for housewife with Covid-19 who failed to disclose meetings with male friend

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SINGAPORE - A housewife diagnosed with Covid-19 on Feb 26 last year did not tell a Ministry of Health (MOH) officer doing contract tracing that she had met a close male friend multiple times earlier that month. For that, Oh Bee Hiok was sentenced on Friday (Jan 8) to five months' jail. She had pleaded guilty to an offence under the Infectious Diseases Act. A district court heard that the 65-year-old Singaporean met Mr Lim Kiang Hong, 71, five times between Feb 4 and 20 last year. The Singaporean man was diagnosed with Covid-19 the following month. In pleading for his client to be given a "stiff fine" instead of a jail term, defence lawyer Goh Teck Wee told District Judge Marvin Bay that Oh did not infect Mr Lim. She, however, did infect her own grandson. For committing the offence under the Act, she could have been jailed for up to six months and fined up to $10,000. More on this topic Related Story Woman who allegedly breached SHN to buy bubble tea among two charged Related Story Courts & Crime: Read more stories

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Parents collect PSLE results of son who died from cancer

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SINGAPORE - In 2008, when he was but an eight-month-old baby, Raphael Lee was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in his left forearm. He underwent treatment for this rare form of soft tissue cancer for a year and the disease went into remission. But in 2016, when Raphael was a Primary 2 pupil, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer. It started in his left arm again, and eventually spread to his right collarbone and both lungs. On Nov 13, the 12-year-old died due to complications from surgery. His parents, Mr William Lee, 47, and Mrs Winnie Lee, 45, collected his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results from Alexandra Primary School on his behalf on Wednesday (Nov 25). Raphael was their only child. Mr Lee, who works as a course manager with St John Singapore, said: "We expected his lifespan would be shortened, but we didn't know death would come so soon. "We told him that our focus was not on his studies but on his health. We would tell him 'Just do your best, there is no stress' but he wanted to prove himself. "As much as possible, he tried to complete his homework." The Catholic couple said that the Church of St. Bernadette, that they attend, as well as Raphael's...