Singapore's 14,000 HIV patients who leaked two years' imprisonment

Washington, Ta. September 30, 2019, Monday

The identities of HIV-positive individuals are kept confidential and in some countries there are laws in place for this, as an American person has become increasingly threatened by stealing data from similar HIV-positive individuals and leaking it. A US court has convicted the man and jailed him.

Mikhi Ferreira Prochez, a US citizen, has announced the names of about 14,000 HIV-positive citizens in Singapore, who somehow got all the data of these citizens.

He later began blackmailing the Singapore administration. He, however, got entangled and later a case was filed against him in court. The court has sentenced him to 24 months imprisonment.

The data leaked also includes 50 US citizens, following which the United States also took action against the perpetrator. Along with the court, the perpetrator has been ordered that if he does not give the police all the details of his own account of email and other social media then his punishment will be increased.

Earlier, the Singapore Ministry of Health said that the data leaked by the offender included 5400 Singaporeans by 2013 while 8800 were foreign nationals.

However, the punishment imposed on the offender will be kept for three years even after he has finished. There is a possibility that he may leak the data of other persons who have the data even after the sentence has been completed. So it will also be monitored online.

No information can be found on how and where he came to this data. In some countries, the disclosure of names of HIV-positive citizens is prohibited. Without his permission, his name cannot be revealed. Violations of these laws and regulations can also be punished.