Shaffiq AlkhatibThe Straits TimesApr 2, 2020

A man smashed a plate and spat onto the floor of Azur restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel after a waitress told him that the eatery was closed.

Hotel staff later saw Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh at the arrival hall of the airport's Terminal 3 and guided him back to the hotel lobby.

Still unhappy, Singh spat onto the floor two more times and yelled: "Corona, corona."

The 52-year-old Singaporean was sentenced to two months' jail on Thursday (April 2) after pleading guilty to one count each of committing a rash act and being a public nuisance on March 3.

This is the first conviction of its kind related to the current coronavirus outbreak.

Singh must also spend an additional 55 days behind bars, as he had breached a remission order after his early release from prison in February.

He was sentenced to jail in January to six months and five weeks' jail over offences including harassment.

As part of the order, he was not supposed to commit any more offences between Feb 28 and April 26 this year.

At around 10.30am on March 3, Singh went to the restaurant, took a plate and helped himself to some food at a buffet line without informing the staff.