LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - The American at the centre of the data leak from Singapore's HIV registry has been traced to the city of Lexington in the southern American state of Kentucky, where the 34-year-old says he is currently homeless and jobless.

Speaking with The Straits Times over the phone on Thursday afternoon (Jan 31), US time, Mikhy Farrera Brochez protested his innocence, saying recent reports about him were "terribly nasty and inaccurate".