An Indian-origin Singaporean was sentenced to two months' jail on Thursday for shouting corona, corona and spitting on a hotel floor at the Changi Airport, the first conviction of its kind in the country related to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a media report.
Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh, 52, pleaded guilty to one count each of committing a rash act and being a public nuisance on March 3, 2020, The Straits Times reported.
Singh had smashed a plate and spat onto the floor of Azur restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel after a waitress told him that the eatery was closed.
Still unhappy, Singh spat onto the floor two more times and yelled: "Corona, corona."
After that, he spat onto the floor twice and shouted: "Corona, corona."
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