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Hong Kong Three men were sentenced to imprisonment on Monday for violating Hong Kong’s compulsory quarantine measures.
A 31-year-old man was given a three-month custodial sentence for giving regulatory officials a false residential address.
Meanwhile a 37-year-old and a 41-year-old violated the restrictions by leaving their places of residence. Both were intercepted at border-control points between Hong Kong and mainland China.
The men received respectively 10 days and six weeks’ imprisonment. The government said in a statement that they welcomed the judgement and that the sentences sent a clear message to the community that breaching quarantine orders is a criminal offence and that the government would not tolerate it.
There are 641 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong, a number that has tripled over a two-week period as overseas residents rushed to return from Europe, as well from Hubei province, where the outbreak originated and where the number of infections has run into the thousands. (DPA)
A 31-year-old man was given a three-month custodial sentence for giving regulatory officials a false residential address.
Meanwhile a 37-year-old and a 41-year-old violated the restrictions by leaving their places of residence. Both were intercepted at border-control points between Hong Kong and mainland China.
The men received respectively 10 days and six weeks’ imprisonment. The government said in a statement that they welcomed the judgement and that the sentences sent a clear message to the community that breaching quarantine orders is a criminal offence and that the government would not tolerate it.
There are 641 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong, a number that has tripled over a two-week period as overseas residents rushed to return from Europe, as well from Hubei province, where the outbreak originated and where the number of infections has run into the thousands. (DPA)
