The circuit breaker (CB) is now a thing of the (not-so) distant past.

Memories of having restricted movement still linger in our minds.

No social gatherings, no going out and by extension: no gathering in other people’s houses.

So if you were somehow caught doing the latter of those restrictions during CB…

…you’re going to have a bad time.

Mass House Gathering

The virus could’ve been strong with this one.

According to CNA, Cassie Ong Shi Hong, 32, was fined S$4,000 on 26 August for one charge of allowing others not from her household into her Compassvale Crescent flat for a social gathering.

And it wasn’t even like one or two but 16 other people.

Her then-fiancee Leong Chee Mun, 37, was also there at that time.

A second charge was also considered for the incident.

How It Happened

It wasn’t their idea, at first.

A friend of the couple suggested that they do a gathering in their place and for some reason, they agreed.

The 16 guests came from areas ranging from Tampines, Punggol, Hougang and Bukit Panjang and arrived sometime on 8 May.

You could tell they partied late because the last guest arrived at 1.15am on 9 May.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Lee Wei Liang noted that they ate, drank and played games within close proximity of each other.