It was a falling out between the two lovers named in the recent HIV data leak case that eventually exposed their elaborate ruse to hoodwink the authorities with forged papers and fake medical tests.
Mikhy Farrera Brochez, who has posted the confidential details of 14,200 people with HIV online, was so angry with his partner Ler Teck Siang, the man who downloaded the information, that he complained about him to the Ministry of Health (MOH), according to court papers and statements to police.
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