Nigel Skea, 52, faces up to six months in prison for leaving his room three times on September 21 last year, one of which was a meeting with Singapore partner Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, who was not in quarantine but a room in the same booked hotel.
Eyamalai, 39, who married Skea in November, pleaded guilty to paying homage to him. Skea also did not wear a mask, which is required in Singapore.
The city-state requires most arrivals to be quarantined for 14 days at government-designated hotels.
Skea wandered around the hallway twice and was 13 stories higher to Eyamalai’s room using a staircase through an emergency exit, which she opened for him, according to the charges.
“This is a classic story of two lovers who want to be together and try to be as close to each other as possible, but break the law,” the couple’s lawyer SS Dhillon told the court.
Sentencing is expected to take place on February 26. Quarantine offenses carry a fine of up to S $ 10,000 ($ 7,565) or up to six months’ imprisonment or both.
Singapore has imposed other fines and fines for violating COVID-19 rules, while some foreigners have also revoked their work permits.
This has brought the coronavirus largely under control, with less than a handful of new local cases per day, due to strict quarantine of arrivals, contact detection and social distance.