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A total of 12 foreigners -- nine men and three women -- aged between 20 and 37, have been deported and barred from re-entering Singapore.

They are being punished for not complying with safe distancing measures (SDM) during the Covid-19 circuit breaker.

Details of the 12 individuals' cases were released by the Singapore Police Force and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority on July 13, 2020.

Details of the cases are as follows:

On May 5, 2020, three tenants -- two men and a woman -- staying at a residential unit along Kim Keat Road, invited six men and one woman for a social gathering at their unit.

The three tenants, Navdeep Singh, 20, Sajandeep Singh, 21, and Avinash Kaur, 27, were charged with permitting other individuals to enter their place of residence without a valid reason under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measure) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.

The seven visitors, Waseem Akram, 33, Mohammed Imran Pasha, 26, Arpit Kumar, 20, Vijay Kumar, 20, Karmjit Singh, 30, Sharma Lukesh, 21, and Bhullar Jasteena, 23, were charged with violating the prohibition on social gatherings under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measure) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.

These 10 individuals, all Indian nationals holding student or work passes, pleaded guilty to their offences and have been fined between S$2,000 and S$4,500.

Their passes were cancelled after their convictions.

They were deported to India between June and July 2020, and barred from re-entering Singapore.

On April 18, 2020, Arvinish N Ramakrishnan, a male 23-year-old Malaysian who was in Singapore on a work permit, invited his friend to his place of residence for drinks and later sent his friend home on a motorcycle.

They were subsequently stopped at a roadblock along Yishun Avenue 6.

Arvinish was charged with drink-driving and violating restrictions on leaving his place of residence and the prohibition on social gatherings under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.

Arvinish pleaded guilty to his offences and was fined S$4,000.

Arvinish’s work pass was revoked after his conviction.

He was deported to Malaysia on June 5, 2020, and barred from re-entering Singapore.

Arvinish’s friend, also a Malaysian, was issued with a Notice of Composition for violating restrictions on leaving his place of residence and administered with a stern warning for violating the prohibition on social gatherings under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.

On May 5, 2020, Cheng Fengzhao, a female 37-year-old Chinese national who was in Singapore on a work permit, was arrested in an anti-vice operation mounted by the police at a condominium unit along 30 Jalan Kemaman.

She was found to have allowed a man, who does not reside at the place, into the condominium unit for massage and sexual services in exchange for S$100.

Cheng also admitted to allowing the same male customer into the unit on an earlier occasion on April 19, 2020.

For allowing the man into her place of residence on both dates, she was charged with two counts of permitting another individual to enter her ordinary place of residence without a valid reason under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measure) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.

Cheng pleaded guilty to her offences and was fined S$7,000.

Cheng’s work pass was revoked after her conviction and she was deported to the People’s Republic of China on June 10, 2020, and barred from re-entering Singapore.

The man, a Singaporean, was issued with a Notice of Composition for violating the prohibition on social gatherings under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.

Additional details of this case was reported by The Straits Times June 3.

Cheng was supposed to be employed as a waitress at an eatery here but failed to turn up for work.

She paid a monthly fee to some unknown individuals to help her advertise sexual services on different websites instead.

She also paid rent to an unknown man every 10 days and was charged S$100 a day, the court heard.

The male client caught exiting her apartment was 51.

Another sex worker was found after officers searched the unit.

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