3 weeks’ jail for man who forged Covid-19 vaccination certificate to dine in restaurant
SINGAPORE - Using an application on his smartphone, a man edited a copy of his colleague's Covid-19 vaccination certificate, replacing the name with his own. Zhang Shaopeng, 30, a Chinese national, later used the forged document to dine with his friends at Tanuki Raw bar and restaurant at Orchard Central. But staff spotted that the document shown was forged and chased the group out before making a police report. On Wednesday (Sept 29), Zhang was jailed for three weeks after he pleaded guilty to forgery. He is the first person here to be convicted of forging a Covid-19 vaccination certificate to dine in at eateries. Zhang had intended to attend an exhibition in the United States, along with his colleagues, Mr Cheng Lin, 32, and Ms Chen Shuwei, 25, both also Chinese nationals. As entry into the US was restricted for foreign nationals who had been in China 14 days prior to entry, the trio decided to travel to Singapore and stay for more than 14 days before going to the US. Mr Cheng arrived in Singapore on Aug 19, while Ms Chen arrived on Aug 22. Zhang arrived only on Aug 27. All three tested negative for the virus and were quarantined. On Aug 25, prior to Zhang's arrival, his two coll...
