Indian-origin woman, husband jailed for breaching Covid norms

SINGAPORE: A 39-year-old Indian-origin woman and her British husband were jailed in Singapore on Friday for breaking the country’s strict quarantine rules so that they could spend time together in a hotel room here last year, according to a media report. While Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai was jailed for a week, her British husband Nigel Skea, 52, was sentenced to two weeks’ jail and slapped with a fine of 1,000 Singapore dollars (USD 752).In September, Nigel conspired with Eyamalai, his then-fiancee, to meet in a room of a luxury hotel here where he was serving a stay-home notice af ter arriving in Singapore from London.