Australian television reporter Peter Lloyd, charged with drug trafficking in Singapore, has been moved from a local hospital to a prison medical facility, staff at the institutions said.
Lloyd, 41, was discharged from the Changi General Hospital on Friday, a hospital information said.
Public inquiry officers from the prison service said Lloyd was in the medical facility at the Changi Prison complex.
Lloyd, the South Asia correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is charged with trafficking about one gram of methamphetamine to a Singaporean for $75 at a hotel early this month.
He also faces a second charge for allegedly being in possession of about one gram of the stimulant methamphetamine, also known as "ice", at a local hospital.
A district judge and a police prosecutor were at Changi General Hospital on Friday afternoon to lay the charges on Lloyd, who was suffering from an eye infection, The Straits Times reported.
A Central Narcotics Bureau spokeswoman told AFP that Lloyd had been offered bail and that his case would be heard in court on Friday.
If convicted of the trafficking charge, Lloyd faces between five and 20 years' imprisonment and five to 15 strokes of the cane.
An earlier Central Narcotics Bureau statement said investigations showed a 41-year-old Australian was the "supplier" to a Singaporean drug abuser arrested on Wednesday.
It did not name the Australian but said he was under investigation for trafficking a controlled drug.
The Australian was arrested and in the course of follow-up search, the officers recovered a packet of "ice" weighing approximately 0.8 grams, one improvised smoking pipe and six syringes, the statement said.
Lloyd is on leave in Singapore from his posting in New Delhi, the director of ABC News, John Cameron, said on the network's website.
The ABC said it had sent a lawyer to Singapore to represent Lloyd and was in close contact with consular officials in Singapore.
Lloyd's estranged wife Kirsty McIvor declined to comment, saying she was too upset. The couple has two children.
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will be in Singapore next week for ASEAN-related issues and will discuss Lloyd's case with the Australian high commissioner.
"I'll be in a position to speak first hand to the high commissioner and ensure personally that anything we can do when it comes to consular assistance is done for Mr Lloyd and his family," he said.
