Repeat Cases of Non-compliance with Safe Management Measures

72 Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Health (a) how many repeat cases of non-compliance of safe management measures have been taken to task since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; and (b) whether harsher penalties are being considered for recalcitrant offenders.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: Between April 2020 and February 2022, enforcement actions were taken against 1,862 individuals and 286 enterprises as repeat offenders for non-compliance with safe management measures.

Harsher enforcement actions, such as higher composition fines or prosecution actions, have been meted out against these repeat and recalcitrant offenders.