KUALA KUBU BARU - A 54-YEAR-OLD yoga instructor was arrested for allegedly holding three girls as sex slaves in his house for about a month.
He was arrested after police raided his house near here yesterday evening and rescued the girls. Two of the victims are 16 while the other is 20.
It is believed that the man had repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted the girls, who were believed to have been shackled and chained to a bed in the house. They had been reported missing since late November.
It is learnt that the man had lured the girls to his house before raping them. Police formed a special task force to investigate the case after one of the victim's parents, a 38-year-old rubber tapper, lodged a police report on Nov 30.
Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Tun Hisan Hamzah confirmed the arrest. 'We found two packets of drugs believed to be syabu in the house,' he said. Police also found a sex toy during the raid.
DCP Tun Hisan said the yoga instructor was wanted by police and had a criminal record. 'The victims have been sent to Kuala Kubu Baru hospital for a medical check-up,' he said.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Most severe court case of underage sex
THE girl whom a trainee teacher had sex with when she was only 12 is believed to have also been intimate with at least 14 other men.
Six men, aged from 19 to 35 at the time of their offences, have already been dealt with in court. Their punishments ranged from fines to an 18-month jail term.
But The Straits Times understands that an additional nine men have been charged with having sexual relations with her, but there is no outcome yet on their convictions.
The case is believed to be the most severe - involving such a young girl - to have come before the courts.
Said criminal lawyer Sashi Nathan: 'As far as courts are concerned, this is the largest number of men involved that I have heard of. But I'm not particularly surprised because of the amount of access young people have to the Web.'
On Tuesday, trainee teacher Aaron Kok Chun Cheong, now 23, was the sixth man to be convicted for having sex with the girl. He was jailed a total of 15 months for having underage sex with the girl in 2007, when she was 12, as well as with a second underage girl in 2008, when that girl was 15.
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Six men, aged from 19 to 35 at the time of their offences, have already been dealt with in court. Their punishments ranged from fines to an 18-month jail term.
But The Straits Times understands that an additional nine men have been charged with having sexual relations with her, but there is no outcome yet on their convictions.
The case is believed to be the most severe - involving such a young girl - to have come before the courts.
Said criminal lawyer Sashi Nathan: 'As far as courts are concerned, this is the largest number of men involved that I have heard of. But I'm not particularly surprised because of the amount of access young people have to the Web.'
On Tuesday, trainee teacher Aaron Kok Chun Cheong, now 23, was the sixth man to be convicted for having sex with the girl. He was jailed a total of 15 months for having underage sex with the girl in 2007, when she was 12, as well as with a second underage girl in 2008, when that girl was 15.
Source: ST Online
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Schoolgirl, 16 kidnapped, raped in M'sia
KUALA TERENGGANU - A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl was abducted and alleged to have been raped by three men known to her brother, police said on Tuesday.
Trengganu Criminal Investigation Department chief ACP K Manoharan said the girl was abducted from her home at Kampung Belukar Gerek at about 4am on Monday, Bernama reported.
A man had knocked on the door and, when her 54-year-old mother opened it, rushed in and pulled the girl by the hand to a car and drove away with her, he told reporters here. Later that morning, her elder sister received a call from a 14-year-old schoolgirl who told her that the abducted girl was all right, Mr Manoharan said.
He said the girl also told her that her 31-year-old brother was with the three men, aged 20 to 27. Mr Manoharan said that police traced the phone call to a house in Kampung Pasir Panjang here and arrested two of the suspects at about 12.20pm the same day. The third suspect was arrested soon after when he sent the girl home, he said.
Mr Manoharan said the girl alleged that she was raped by the three men, who are believed to have problems with her brother. The thee suspects have been remanded for four days for investigations. Police have also detained the girl's brother to help them investigate.
Mr Manoharan said that police were trying to ascertain the connection of the 14-year-old girl, who was detained and later released, to the suspects. -- THE STAR/ANN
Source: ST Online
Trengganu Criminal Investigation Department chief ACP K Manoharan said the girl was abducted from her home at Kampung Belukar Gerek at about 4am on Monday, Bernama reported.
A man had knocked on the door and, when her 54-year-old mother opened it, rushed in and pulled the girl by the hand to a car and drove away with her, he told reporters here. Later that morning, her elder sister received a call from a 14-year-old schoolgirl who told her that the abducted girl was all right, Mr Manoharan said.
He said the girl also told her that her 31-year-old brother was with the three men, aged 20 to 27. Mr Manoharan said that police traced the phone call to a house in Kampung Pasir Panjang here and arrested two of the suspects at about 12.20pm the same day. The third suspect was arrested soon after when he sent the girl home, he said.
Mr Manoharan said the girl alleged that she was raped by the three men, who are believed to have problems with her brother. The thee suspects have been remanded for four days for investigations. Police have also detained the girl's brother to help them investigate.
Mr Manoharan said that police were trying to ascertain the connection of the 14-year-old girl, who was detained and later released, to the suspects. -- THE STAR/ANN
Source: ST Online
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Man jailed for sex with 2 underage girls
A MAN who had sex with two underage girls a few years ago was sentenced to 15 months' jail on Tuesday.
But Aaron Kok Chun Cheong, 23, will only start his sentence on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011, as he wanted to spend the New Year with his family.
Kok, now a trainee at National Institute of Education (NIE), was in national service at the time of the offences in 2007 and 2008.
The court heard that he got to know the two girls through an Internet chatline in 2006.
He had sex with a 15-year-old student at a toilet for the handicapped in West Mall shopping centre on April 20, 2008, a day after his return from NS training in Taiwan.
Earlier in September 2007, he had invited the other girl, then 12, to his flat where he had sex with her in his bedroom.
The offences came to light when the younger girl was found to be pregnant and was warded in hospital in July 2008. The girl, who terminated the pregnancy, had told the police that she had engaged in sex with several male persons.
Kok was not the biological father of the foetus.
Three other charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing.
Defence counsel Amolat Singh said Kok - who had a good record in polytechnic and during his national service - would have to pay liquidated damages amounting to $50,000 to $60,000 to the NIE for breaching his training contract.
Source: ST Online
But Aaron Kok Chun Cheong, 23, will only start his sentence on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011, as he wanted to spend the New Year with his family.
Kok, now a trainee at National Institute of Education (NIE), was in national service at the time of the offences in 2007 and 2008.
The court heard that he got to know the two girls through an Internet chatline in 2006.
He had sex with a 15-year-old student at a toilet for the handicapped in West Mall shopping centre on April 20, 2008, a day after his return from NS training in Taiwan.
Earlier in September 2007, he had invited the other girl, then 12, to his flat where he had sex with her in his bedroom.
The offences came to light when the younger girl was found to be pregnant and was warded in hospital in July 2008. The girl, who terminated the pregnancy, had told the police that she had engaged in sex with several male persons.
Kok was not the biological father of the foetus.
Three other charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing.
Defence counsel Amolat Singh said Kok - who had a good record in polytechnic and during his national service - would have to pay liquidated damages amounting to $50,000 to $60,000 to the NIE for breaching his training contract.
Source: ST Online
Man lets friend have sex with sister
A BROTHER allowed his friend to sleep with his younger sister in a cheap hotel in Alor Star while he did the same with the sister's friend in another room during the Christmas holiday.
Their action came to light when their rooms were raided by the Kedah Religious Department (Jaik) on Saturday afternoon, reported Berita Harian.
Investigations showed that both couples had only known each other the day before they were arrested.
Head of the raiding party Md Nasir Md Dali said the they first checked the room occupied by the brother and found him clad only in a pair of jeans while his 22-year-old partner was only wearing a nightgown.
He said the sister was found together with her partner and both admitted that they were not married. Both men work as fishermen while the women are unemployed.
Mr Md Nasir said the department found it quite shocking for a brother to allow his younger sister to sleep with his friend. He said another couple was also arrested in another hotel during the operations.
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Their action came to light when their rooms were raided by the Kedah Religious Department (Jaik) on Saturday afternoon, reported Berita Harian.
Investigations showed that both couples had only known each other the day before they were arrested.
Head of the raiding party Md Nasir Md Dali said the they first checked the room occupied by the brother and found him clad only in a pair of jeans while his 22-year-old partner was only wearing a nightgown.
He said the sister was found together with her partner and both admitted that they were not married. Both men work as fishermen while the women are unemployed.
Mr Md Nasir said the department found it quite shocking for a brother to allow his younger sister to sleep with his friend. He said another couple was also arrested in another hotel during the operations.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Woman sues ex boyfriend over naked photos
SINGAPORE - A WOMAN lodged a police report in Singapore complaining that she was cheated by her former boyfriend, who took nude pictures of her and posted them on the Internet.
China Press reported that the pictures were offered for viewing at S$150.
The victim from Hangzhou, China, identified as Ms Lee, 26, said the man collected the money but did not share a single cent with her. Instead, he broke off the relationship. Ms Lee and her boyfriend graduated from an arts college in Singapore before they started dating and living in together.
However, Ms Lee said she could not get a job after graduation and tried her luck at modelling. She even attended a modelling course. However, she failed in several auditions.
In 2008, the boyfriend showed her some photographs and asked her to pose naked for 'art photos' to earn some income. The man produced 28 photo albums, uploaded them on the Internet and charged a viewing fee of S$150 for each album.
Ms Lee has engaged a lawyer to take legal action against her former boyfriend.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
China Press reported that the pictures were offered for viewing at S$150.
The victim from Hangzhou, China, identified as Ms Lee, 26, said the man collected the money but did not share a single cent with her. Instead, he broke off the relationship. Ms Lee and her boyfriend graduated from an arts college in Singapore before they started dating and living in together.
However, Ms Lee said she could not get a job after graduation and tried her luck at modelling. She even attended a modelling course. However, she failed in several auditions.
In 2008, the boyfriend showed her some photographs and asked her to pose naked for 'art photos' to earn some income. The man produced 28 photo albums, uploaded them on the Internet and charged a viewing fee of S$150 for each album.
Ms Lee has engaged a lawyer to take legal action against her former boyfriend.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
Friday, December 17, 2010
Dead man in mortuary impregnates woman
The Rolling Stones said it best, “You, you make a dead man cum.” A 38 year old female mortuary worker is being held on $250,000 bond after becoming pregnant by one of her clients-a dead man. The alleged crime took place at the Mourning Glory Mortuary just outside of Lexington, Missouri. Police have charged Felicity Marmaduke with desecration of the dead and necrophilia.
According to a statement made to police by Marmaduke, the alleged victim experienced a post mortem erection while being bathed. Being alone, Marmaduke straddled the dead man and proceeded have sex with him. Much to her surprise, the alleged victim came to orgasm after several minutes. A few weeks later, Marmaduke had a positive pregnancy test while receiving a routine medical exam. Upon telling her doctor the circumstances leading to the conception, the police were notified. Marmaduke was arrested without incident at her dilapidated trailer home a few blocks from the mortuary.
In a bizarre twist, Marmaduke plans to sue the dead man’s estate for child support.
Source: www.deadseriousnews.com
According to a statement made to police by Marmaduke, the alleged victim experienced a post mortem erection while being bathed. Being alone, Marmaduke straddled the dead man and proceeded have sex with him. Much to her surprise, the alleged victim came to orgasm after several minutes. A few weeks later, Marmaduke had a positive pregnancy test while receiving a routine medical exam. Upon telling her doctor the circumstances leading to the conception, the police were notified. Marmaduke was arrested without incident at her dilapidated trailer home a few blocks from the mortuary.
In a bizarre twist, Marmaduke plans to sue the dead man’s estate for child support.
Source: www.deadseriousnews.com
Sex addicts fear intimacy: study
WELLINGTON: Sex addicts feel threatened by intimacy and are more insecure about romantic relationships than the rest of the population, a New Zealand study has found.
The survey of more than 600 people found those who indulged in compulsive sexual behaviour felt anxious and insecure about relationships and tried to avoid becoming too emotionally attached to others.
Massey University said the study, conducted by psychology honours student Karen Faislander under the supervision of a practising clinical psychologist and an academic specialist, was the first of its type in New Zealand.
Faislander said sex addiction, which made headlines this year with revelations about Tiger Woods' love life, was a complex condition that had not been researched as thoroughly as areas such as substance abuse or depression.
She said the term "sex addict" first emerged in the early 1980s and there were 29 other terms in scientific literature that described the condition, including sexual compulsivity, excessive sexual desire disorder and hypersexuality.
The preferred contemporary term is out-of-control sexual behaviours (OOSCH).
"It's widely misunderstood and stigmatised," Faislander told AFP.
"There's no known effective treatment. We don't know what causes it or how we treat it."
Because of the embarrassment people feel discussing the subject, Faislander's study used an anonymous online survey to quiz 621 people about their sex lives. 407 identified themselves as sex addicts while 214 were not.
The survey asked if they engaged in online sex, prostitution, sex in public or with multiple partners, as well as examining areas such as alcohol use and feelings of self worth.
"The OOCSB group reported higher rates of insecure styles of attachment, characterised by a perspective of relationships as threatening, and feelings of either anxiety towards or avoidance of closeness or intimacy," the study found.
In contrast, non-sex addicts found intimacy desirable and rewarding, felt secure in relationships and regarded their partners as trustworthy.
Faislander said studies estimated three to six per cent of the population had the condition in the US, where sex addiction clinics have sprung up in recent years treating stars such as Woods, actor David Duchovny and comedian Russell Brand.
She said no such treatment was available in New Zealand, where self-help groups including Sex and Love Addicts and Sexaholics Anonymous use 12-step programmes based on those pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
While Faislander's study was not peer reviewed, she hopes to gain a doctorate in clinical psychology and conduct further research on treating out-of-control sexual behaviours.
The survey of more than 600 people found those who indulged in compulsive sexual behaviour felt anxious and insecure about relationships and tried to avoid becoming too emotionally attached to others.
Massey University said the study, conducted by psychology honours student Karen Faislander under the supervision of a practising clinical psychologist and an academic specialist, was the first of its type in New Zealand.
Faislander said sex addiction, which made headlines this year with revelations about Tiger Woods' love life, was a complex condition that had not been researched as thoroughly as areas such as substance abuse or depression.
She said the term "sex addict" first emerged in the early 1980s and there were 29 other terms in scientific literature that described the condition, including sexual compulsivity, excessive sexual desire disorder and hypersexuality.
The preferred contemporary term is out-of-control sexual behaviours (OOSCH).
"It's widely misunderstood and stigmatised," Faislander told AFP.
"There's no known effective treatment. We don't know what causes it or how we treat it."
Because of the embarrassment people feel discussing the subject, Faislander's study used an anonymous online survey to quiz 621 people about their sex lives. 407 identified themselves as sex addicts while 214 were not.
The survey asked if they engaged in online sex, prostitution, sex in public or with multiple partners, as well as examining areas such as alcohol use and feelings of self worth.
"The OOCSB group reported higher rates of insecure styles of attachment, characterised by a perspective of relationships as threatening, and feelings of either anxiety towards or avoidance of closeness or intimacy," the study found.
In contrast, non-sex addicts found intimacy desirable and rewarding, felt secure in relationships and regarded their partners as trustworthy.
Faislander said studies estimated three to six per cent of the population had the condition in the US, where sex addiction clinics have sprung up in recent years treating stars such as Woods, actor David Duchovny and comedian Russell Brand.
She said no such treatment was available in New Zealand, where self-help groups including Sex and Love Addicts and Sexaholics Anonymous use 12-step programmes based on those pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
While Faislander's study was not peer reviewed, she hopes to gain a doctorate in clinical psychology and conduct further research on treating out-of-control sexual behaviours.
Sex to ward off ill luck
HONG KONG - A CONMAN cheated 70 Facebook friends into having sex with him to wash away his bad luck, reported China Press.
Last Wednesday, a 15-year-old victim 'Ah Sze' from Hong Kong discovered the man known as 'Ah Dick' had 1,060 nude photos of at least 70 young girls and more than 10 video clips of him having sex with them on his mobile phone.
The daily quoted Ah Sze as saying that Ah Dick claimed that he would pay her HK$48,000 (S$8,096.90) in exchange for sex to wash away his bad luck. However, Ah Dick disappeared after he had sex with Ah Sze without paying her anything.
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Last Wednesday, a 15-year-old victim 'Ah Sze' from Hong Kong discovered the man known as 'Ah Dick' had 1,060 nude photos of at least 70 young girls and more than 10 video clips of him having sex with them on his mobile phone.
The daily quoted Ah Sze as saying that Ah Dick claimed that he would pay her HK$48,000 (S$8,096.90) in exchange for sex to wash away his bad luck. However, Ah Dick disappeared after he had sex with Ah Sze without paying her anything.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Jailed for lewd proposals
EX-TEACHER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
PRIMARY school teacher, who tried to get two 13-year-old secondary school boys to join him and watch pornography and masturbate, was jailed for 10 months.
Chock Soon Seng, who pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, is appealing against the sentence. He is out on $20,000 bail.
A district court heard on Thursday that Chock, 33, posing as a polytechnic student, got to know a Secondary One student in May 2009 over the Internet and exchanged mobile phone numbers. The following day, Chock got the boy to text him the telephone numbers of two friends.
Chock wasted no time messaging one of the boy's friends inviting him to come and see obscene films and masturbate together the very next day.
The victim told his mother and his parents reported the matter to the police. The mother and the son then met up with the boy's discipline master, who called Chock and arranged to meet him at a nearby neighbourhood police post that evening on May 7.
When confronted there, he admitted sending the lewd messages and apologised to the mothers. Investigations then revealed that Chock had done something similar to another 13-year-old boy attending another secondary school in 2008.
Source: ST Online
PRIMARY school teacher, who tried to get two 13-year-old secondary school boys to join him and watch pornography and masturbate, was jailed for 10 months.
Chock Soon Seng, who pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, is appealing against the sentence. He is out on $20,000 bail.
A district court heard on Thursday that Chock, 33, posing as a polytechnic student, got to know a Secondary One student in May 2009 over the Internet and exchanged mobile phone numbers. The following day, Chock got the boy to text him the telephone numbers of two friends.
Chock wasted no time messaging one of the boy's friends inviting him to come and see obscene films and masturbate together the very next day.
The victim told his mother and his parents reported the matter to the police. The mother and the son then met up with the boy's discipline master, who called Chock and arranged to meet him at a nearby neighbourhood police post that evening on May 7.
When confronted there, he admitted sending the lewd messages and apologised to the mothers. Investigations then revealed that Chock had done something similar to another 13-year-old boy attending another secondary school in 2008.
Source: ST Online
Tuition teacher makes boy 'sex slave'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy reportedly became the sex slave of his tuition teacher for four years, reported China Press.
The teenager from Johor Baru was sexually abused by the teacher, who taught Mathematics and Science from his home.
The newspaper reported that the teacher would play pornographic movies during tuition classes. Apparently, the teacher would also force the student to have oral sex and sodomised him repeatedly.
The boy decided to reveal his ordeal after his examination ended.
He told his father about it and the teacher was arrested at his home on Monday following a police report.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
The teenager from Johor Baru was sexually abused by the teacher, who taught Mathematics and Science from his home.
The newspaper reported that the teacher would play pornographic movies during tuition classes. Apparently, the teacher would also force the student to have oral sex and sodomised him repeatedly.
The boy decided to reveal his ordeal after his examination ended.
He told his father about it and the teacher was arrested at his home on Monday following a police report.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
'Girlfriends for pills'
KOTA BARU - SOME teenage drug addicts are offering their girlfriends, including schoolgirls, to drug peddlers for a night of passion in exchange for pil kuda (psychotropic pills), Bernama reported.
This 'business transaction' has been cited as a reason for a rise in sexual crimes in Kelantan.
State deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm Mazlan Lazim said investigations revealed that teenagers hooked on pil kuda, offered their girlfriends to drug peddlers for a night of sex. In return, the teenagers would be given their supply of the pills, he said.
'Such an alarming activity also involved schoolboys aged between 14 and 16, who have already had sex with their girlfriends,' SAC Mazlan told reporters on Wednesday.
Between January and Dec 12, he said 296 rape cases were reported to the police including the 'exchange' of girlfriends for a supply of pil kuda.
He urged parents to monitor their daughters' activities to prevent them from getting involved with drug addicts.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
This 'business transaction' has been cited as a reason for a rise in sexual crimes in Kelantan.
State deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm Mazlan Lazim said investigations revealed that teenagers hooked on pil kuda, offered their girlfriends to drug peddlers for a night of sex. In return, the teenagers would be given their supply of the pills, he said.
'Such an alarming activity also involved schoolboys aged between 14 and 16, who have already had sex with their girlfriends,' SAC Mazlan told reporters on Wednesday.
Between January and Dec 12, he said 296 rape cases were reported to the police including the 'exchange' of girlfriends for a supply of pil kuda.
He urged parents to monitor their daughters' activities to prevent them from getting involved with drug addicts.
Source: ST Online/THE STAR/ANN
Tuition teacher makes boy 'sex slave'
17-YEAR-OLD boy reportedly became the sex slave of his tuition teacher for four years, reported China Press.
The teenager from Johor Baru was sexually abused by the teacher, who taught Mathematics and Science from his home.
The newspaper reported that the teacher would play pornographic movies during tuition classes. Apparently, the teacher would also force the student to have oral sex and sodomised him repeatedly.
The boy decided to reveal his ordeal after his examination ended.
He told his father about it and the teacher was arrested at his home on Monday following a police report. -- THE STAR/ANN
Source: ST Online
The teenager from Johor Baru was sexually abused by the teacher, who taught Mathematics and Science from his home.
The newspaper reported that the teacher would play pornographic movies during tuition classes. Apparently, the teacher would also force the student to have oral sex and sodomised him repeatedly.
The boy decided to reveal his ordeal after his examination ended.
He told his father about it and the teacher was arrested at his home on Monday following a police report. -- THE STAR/ANN
Source: ST Online
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Upskirt pervert jailed
A SALES manager who took about 200 upskirt videos of unsuspecting women with a camera pen was sentenced to nine months' jail on Tuesday.
Soo Ee Hock, 35, intends to appeal and bail of $20,000 was offered.
The married man had pleaded guilty two weeks ago, to 12 of 201 counts of intruding into the privacy of women between November 2008 and March last year.
He would clip the pen with a built-in video camera onto his laptop bag and place it under the skirt of the unknown female standing in front of him on an escalator, to capture an upskirt digital video recording of her thighs and underwear.
He was arrested at Junction 8 Bishan Shopping Centre on July 7, 2009.
District Judge Lee Poh Choo said Soo knew full well what he was doing and was a serial offender. She said he intended to keep those images for a long time as he had burnt them onto a CD, and 'that shows the extent of his perverted mind'.
Soo could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined on each charge.
Source: ST Online
Soo Ee Hock, 35, intends to appeal and bail of $20,000 was offered.
The married man had pleaded guilty two weeks ago, to 12 of 201 counts of intruding into the privacy of women between November 2008 and March last year.
He would clip the pen with a built-in video camera onto his laptop bag and place it under the skirt of the unknown female standing in front of him on an escalator, to capture an upskirt digital video recording of her thighs and underwear.
He was arrested at Junction 8 Bishan Shopping Centre on July 7, 2009.
District Judge Lee Poh Choo said Soo knew full well what he was doing and was a serial offender. She said he intended to keep those images for a long time as he had burnt them onto a CD, and 'that shows the extent of his perverted mind'.
Soo could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined on each charge.
Source: ST Online
Monday, December 13, 2010
Dutch arrest pre-school paedophile
AMSTERDAM - DUTCH police said on Sunday they had arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of sexually abusing up to 50 children at childcare centres in Amsterdam, and for the distribution of child pornography.
The man, who was arrested on Dec 7, worked as a substitute carer at creches in the Dutch capital from February 2007, but also advertised for work as a babysitter over the Internet.
At a late-night press conference, Amsterdam police chief Bernard Welten said the man is suspected of abusing between 30 and 50 children, but stressed investigations were ongoing.
Referring to a 'large and complex' case, Amsterdam chief public prosecutor Herman Bolhaar said the man is suspected of abusing children aged up to the age of four and published a photo of the suspect to warn parents of possible victims.
'At this moment we do not precisely know how many children are the victims of this 27-year-old man,' Mr Bolhaar said. The investigation was launched after child pornography believed to have originated from the Netherlands was found in the United States. The man was arrested after a victim of sex abuse was identified in a Dutch television crime show.
The man's 37-year-old male partner has also been arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography. He is not suspected of sexual abuse and will appear in court on Monday. -- REUTERS
Source: ST Online
The man, who was arrested on Dec 7, worked as a substitute carer at creches in the Dutch capital from February 2007, but also advertised for work as a babysitter over the Internet.
At a late-night press conference, Amsterdam police chief Bernard Welten said the man is suspected of abusing between 30 and 50 children, but stressed investigations were ongoing.
Referring to a 'large and complex' case, Amsterdam chief public prosecutor Herman Bolhaar said the man is suspected of abusing children aged up to the age of four and published a photo of the suspect to warn parents of possible victims.
'At this moment we do not precisely know how many children are the victims of this 27-year-old man,' Mr Bolhaar said. The investigation was launched after child pornography believed to have originated from the Netherlands was found in the United States. The man was arrested after a victim of sex abuse was identified in a Dutch television crime show.
The man's 37-year-old male partner has also been arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography. He is not suspected of sexual abuse and will appear in court on Monday. -- REUTERS
Source: ST Online
ZoukOut 'molester' arrested
A 21-YEAR-OLD foreigner was arrested for molesting someone early on Sunday morning at ZoukOut, the annual dance party on Sentosa, which attracted an estimated 30,000 revellers.
A 23-year-old party-goer who did not want to be named said she saw the man being taken away, and that he did not look drunk.
Organised by Zouk, this outdoor music festival saw some 30,000 partygoers descend on Siloso Beach at Sentosa.
For 12 hours, starting from 8pm, partygoers danced through the night as famous DJs like Tiesto and David Guetta played their songs.
Source: ST Online
A 23-year-old party-goer who did not want to be named said she saw the man being taken away, and that he did not look drunk.
Organised by Zouk, this outdoor music festival saw some 30,000 partygoers descend on Siloso Beach at Sentosa.
For 12 hours, starting from 8pm, partygoers danced through the night as famous DJs like Tiesto and David Guetta played their songs.
Source: ST Online
Friday, December 10, 2010
Jail, caning for molester
A 42-YEAR-OLD man who was found guilty of molesting his stepdaughter and forcing her to perform oral sex was sentenced to 44 months' jail and 12 strokes of the cane on Friday.
The safety supervisor was convicted last week of seven charges after a five-day trial.
The hearing was held in camera behind closed doors.
He was found guilty of using criminal force to outrage the girl's modesty between 2007 and 2009. The girl is now 15 years old.
The accused - who conducted his own defence - intends to appeal against conviction and sentence. Bail of $25,000 was offered, pending the appeal.
Source: ST Online
The safety supervisor was convicted last week of seven charges after a five-day trial.
The hearing was held in camera behind closed doors.
He was found guilty of using criminal force to outrage the girl's modesty between 2007 and 2009. The girl is now 15 years old.
The accused - who conducted his own defence - intends to appeal against conviction and sentence. Bail of $25,000 was offered, pending the appeal.
Source: ST Online
4 more charges added
A POLYTECHNIC student charged last week with outrage of modesty and theft was accused of three more counts of molestation and one of fraudulent possession on Friday.
Jee Guang You, 23, a Nanyang Polytechnic student, is said to have caressed three young women on different days at the polytechnic library at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 in November.
He is also accused of fraudulently having six pieces of women's undergarments, suspected to have been stolen or fraudulently obtained, at Block 360 Bukit Batok Street 31 on Dec 1.
Jee, who was represented by Mr Jeevan John, was remanded for psychiatric assessment.
He will appear in court again on Dec 24.
The maximum penalty for molestation is two years' jail, a fine and caning. For fraudulent possession, the punishment is a fine of up to $3,000 and/or a jail term of up to one year.
Source: ST Online
Jee Guang You, 23, a Nanyang Polytechnic student, is said to have caressed three young women on different days at the polytechnic library at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 in November.
He is also accused of fraudulently having six pieces of women's undergarments, suspected to have been stolen or fraudulently obtained, at Block 360 Bukit Batok Street 31 on Dec 1.
Jee, who was represented by Mr Jeevan John, was remanded for psychiatric assessment.
He will appear in court again on Dec 24.
The maximum penalty for molestation is two years' jail, a fine and caning. For fraudulent possession, the punishment is a fine of up to $3,000 and/or a jail term of up to one year.
Source: ST Online
School house mistress guilty of sex offences against boys
A former house mistress at an exclusive school was found guilty today of sex offences against boys in her care.
The woman, 41, whose name has been suppressed by the court, had oral sex and sexual intercourse with six boys aged 11 and 12 over a period of five months last year.
In the NSW District Court today, Judge Anthony Garling rejected the woman's defence that she was not guilty because of mental illness.
Advertisement: Story continues below Two psychiatrists had testified that the woman suffered from bipolar disorder and "was unable to control her libidinous impulses whilst in a euphoric state".
However, Judge Garling said that the woman was aware of the wrongness of the acts she was committing against the under-age boys.
He said that she knew the nature of what she was doing and that it was wrong, legally and morally.
Judge Garling found that, over the five-month period between January and July, the woman lived an otherwise normal life and was able to continue working.
The woman, who was married, had not sought other sexual partners, or exhibited behaviour typical of a person in a manic state, Judge Garling said.
The woman, who rocked back and forth in her chair during the judge's statement, was supported in court by family members.
She is on bail and will be sentenced on March 11.
Source: The Age online
The woman, 41, whose name has been suppressed by the court, had oral sex and sexual intercourse with six boys aged 11 and 12 over a period of five months last year.
In the NSW District Court today, Judge Anthony Garling rejected the woman's defence that she was not guilty because of mental illness.
Advertisement: Story continues below Two psychiatrists had testified that the woman suffered from bipolar disorder and "was unable to control her libidinous impulses whilst in a euphoric state".
However, Judge Garling said that the woman was aware of the wrongness of the acts she was committing against the under-age boys.
He said that she knew the nature of what she was doing and that it was wrong, legally and morally.
Judge Garling found that, over the five-month period between January and July, the woman lived an otherwise normal life and was able to continue working.
The woman, who was married, had not sought other sexual partners, or exhibited behaviour typical of a person in a manic state, Judge Garling said.
The woman, who rocked back and forth in her chair during the judge's statement, was supported in court by family members.
She is on bail and will be sentenced on March 11.
Source: The Age online
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Girl, 11, raped over 100 times in 3 months
THE incident of a young girl who was raped over 100 times in three months was only exposed a few days ago when her mother wrote about it in her weibo (micro-blogging site) last month.
Tang Juan from Yongzhou in China appealed to the pubic for medicinal prescriptions to help her daughter, 11, who had contracted a sexually-transmitted disease.
The girl also suffers from minor mental problems after the rapes, reported The Daily Chilli.
On Oct 1, 2006, her daughter followed Zhou Junhui, 23, to dinner - a man whom she had just befriended at an ice-skating arena.
Zhou took her to a video shop after dinner and raped her several times.
He threatened to tell her teachers and classmates, and even kill her entire family, if she told anyone of the rapes.
Two days later, Zhou forced her to follow him to "work".
The girl then left a note for her parents: "Mama, I can't study anymore, they wnt me to work, I must go. Mama, I will be back, I must come back..."
Tang lodged a police report and went in search for her daughter.
Tang Juan is being consoled by her husband when she cries while talking about her daughter's ordeal.
She also started placing missing person notices in various places.
In Dec 2005, a man called and told her he saw her daughter at a leisure club. Police managed to rescue the young girl from that place.
This was when she told her mother that she was assaulted and forced into prostitution.
She said she had sex for over 100 times since she left home and at one time, she was even gang-raped by four men for five hours.
The young girl was given 30 yuan (S$5.92) for every customer she served, while the boss at the leisure club took 70 yuan.
Zhou took all the money she earned.
Police have charged seven people in connection with the case.
Source: Asiaone
Tang Juan from Yongzhou in China appealed to the pubic for medicinal prescriptions to help her daughter, 11, who had contracted a sexually-transmitted disease.
The girl also suffers from minor mental problems after the rapes, reported The Daily Chilli.
On Oct 1, 2006, her daughter followed Zhou Junhui, 23, to dinner - a man whom she had just befriended at an ice-skating arena.
Zhou took her to a video shop after dinner and raped her several times.
He threatened to tell her teachers and classmates, and even kill her entire family, if she told anyone of the rapes.
Two days later, Zhou forced her to follow him to "work".
The girl then left a note for her parents: "Mama, I can't study anymore, they wnt me to work, I must go. Mama, I will be back, I must come back..."
Tang lodged a police report and went in search for her daughter.
Tang Juan is being consoled by her husband when she cries while talking about her daughter's ordeal.
She also started placing missing person notices in various places.
In Dec 2005, a man called and told her he saw her daughter at a leisure club. Police managed to rescue the young girl from that place.
This was when she told her mother that she was assaulted and forced into prostitution.
She said she had sex for over 100 times since she left home and at one time, she was even gang-raped by four men for five hours.
The young girl was given 30 yuan (S$5.92) for every customer she served, while the boss at the leisure club took 70 yuan.
Zhou took all the money she earned.
Police have charged seven people in connection with the case.
Source: Asiaone
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Calls to end child marriages rejected
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S law minister on Wednesday shot down calls to ban underage marriage, despite an uproar over the recent wedding of a 14-year-old Muslim school girl.
Siti Maryam Mahmod wed 23-year-old teacher Abdul Manan Othman last weekend in a mass wedding at a major mosque, after being given permission in an Islamic Sharia court.
Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed to marry as long as they obtain the permission of the religious courts. Sharia law runs in parallel with civil law in the multi-ethnic country.
Nazri Aziz, a minister in the premier's department in charge of legal affairs, said the government has no plan to review laws allowing for underage marriages because the practice is permitted under Islam.
'If the religion allows it, then we can't legislate against it,' he told a press conference.
'Islam allows it as long as the girl is considered to have reached her pubescent stage, once she has her menstruation,' he added.
Source: ST Online/AFP
Siti Maryam Mahmod wed 23-year-old teacher Abdul Manan Othman last weekend in a mass wedding at a major mosque, after being given permission in an Islamic Sharia court.
Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed to marry as long as they obtain the permission of the religious courts. Sharia law runs in parallel with civil law in the multi-ethnic country.
Nazri Aziz, a minister in the premier's department in charge of legal affairs, said the government has no plan to review laws allowing for underage marriages because the practice is permitted under Islam.
'If the religion allows it, then we can't legislate against it,' he told a press conference.
'Islam allows it as long as the girl is considered to have reached her pubescent stage, once she has her menstruation,' he added.
Source: ST Online/AFP
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Man held for sexually abusing brother's girlfriend
A WOULD-BE rapist changed his mind when it turned out his brother's girlfriend was having her period.
Instead, he forced her to masturbate him, Harian Metro reported.
Earlier, the man had taken his younger brother and the woman to a hotel in Jalan Doraisamy.
The younger man got drunk at a nearby restaurant but did not want to go back for fear his family would know that he had been drinking.
So, he called his brother, who took them back to the hotel at about 11pm on Friday.
The younger man, however, passed out on the bed in the hotel room.
The woman wanted to go home but was stopped by the elder brother, in his 30s, who wanted to have sex with her.
However, he decided against it after learning the woman was menstruating.
The victim complained to her family about the incident the next day and made a police report.
-The Star/Asia News Network
Source: Asiaone
Instead, he forced her to masturbate him, Harian Metro reported.
Earlier, the man had taken his younger brother and the woman to a hotel in Jalan Doraisamy.
The younger man got drunk at a nearby restaurant but did not want to go back for fear his family would know that he had been drinking.
So, he called his brother, who took them back to the hotel at about 11pm on Friday.
The younger man, however, passed out on the bed in the hotel room.
The woman wanted to go home but was stopped by the elder brother, in his 30s, who wanted to have sex with her.
However, he decided against it after learning the woman was menstruating.
The victim complained to her family about the incident the next day and made a police report.
-The Star/Asia News Network
Source: Asiaone
Barbie doll can be used for child porn: FBI
LOS ANGELES - THE FBI has issued a 'cyber crime alert' for a new Barbie doll that comes equipped with a tiny hidden video camera in her chest, saying the toy could be misused to make child porn.
The report, issued by the FBI's Sacramento field office Nov 30 and titled 'Barbie 'Video Girl' a Possible Child Pornography Production Method,' warns that the doll's camera captures up to 30 minutes of footage that can be downloaded to a computer.
The alert received media coverage after being sent to some news organisations by mistake. An FBI spokesman downplayed the report and said it was for use by law enforcement.
'There have been no reported incidents of this doll being used as anything other than as intended,' Washington-based FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer said, reading from a statement.
'For clarification purposes, the alert's intent was to insure that law enforcement agencies were aware that the doll, like any other video-capable equipment, could contain evidence and to not disregard such an item during a search,' she said.
The Barbie Video Girl Doll, which is manufactured by Mattel Inc and first went on sale in July, contains a small video camera in its chest, concealed inside a locket. Footage from the camera can be viewed on an LCD screen in the doll's back or downloaded to a computer. The FBI alert said there was no indication it could be streamed directly to the Internet.
Source: ST Online/REUTERS
The report, issued by the FBI's Sacramento field office Nov 30 and titled 'Barbie 'Video Girl' a Possible Child Pornography Production Method,' warns that the doll's camera captures up to 30 minutes of footage that can be downloaded to a computer.
The alert received media coverage after being sent to some news organisations by mistake. An FBI spokesman downplayed the report and said it was for use by law enforcement.
'There have been no reported incidents of this doll being used as anything other than as intended,' Washington-based FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer said, reading from a statement.
'For clarification purposes, the alert's intent was to insure that law enforcement agencies were aware that the doll, like any other video-capable equipment, could contain evidence and to not disregard such an item during a search,' she said.
The Barbie Video Girl Doll, which is manufactured by Mattel Inc and first went on sale in July, contains a small video camera in its chest, concealed inside a locket. Footage from the camera can be viewed on an LCD screen in the doll's back or downloaded to a computer. The FBI alert said there was no indication it could be streamed directly to the Internet.
Source: ST Online/REUTERS
Vietnam demotes police for naked film
HANOI - AUTHORITIES in northern Vietnam have demoted five policemen for filming the arrest of two naked prostitutes after the footage was posted on the Internet, police said on Tuesday.
The policemen were disciplined for ethical violations, said Le Binh, police spokesman in northern province of Quang Ninh. A sixth officer was given a warning.
One of the six policemen used his mobile phone to film the women during their arrest in June with two male clients, which they claimed would be used as evidence, state media have reported.
The clip shows the women with a shirtless client in what appears to be a hotel room, while several other men in civilian clothes take notes. The women try to cover themselves but are ordered to stand and put their hands up for one of the clothed men to take pictures.
The identities of the clothed men is not clear. The video has circulated on websites, causing public outrage at authorities abusing their power.
Mr Binh said police are still investigating how the clip was posted on the Internet.
Source: ST Online/AP
The policemen were disciplined for ethical violations, said Le Binh, police spokesman in northern province of Quang Ninh. A sixth officer was given a warning.
One of the six policemen used his mobile phone to film the women during their arrest in June with two male clients, which they claimed would be used as evidence, state media have reported.
The clip shows the women with a shirtless client in what appears to be a hotel room, while several other men in civilian clothes take notes. The women try to cover themselves but are ordered to stand and put their hands up for one of the clothed men to take pictures.
The identities of the clothed men is not clear. The video has circulated on websites, causing public outrage at authorities abusing their power.
Mr Binh said police are still investigating how the clip was posted on the Internet.
Source: ST Online/AP
Friday, December 3, 2010
NYP student charged
A 23-YEAR-OLD man was charged in court on Friday with molesting a girl and stealing three bras from outside a unit.
No plea was taken from Jee Guang You, a Nanyang Polytechnic student, who was remanded a week for investigation.
He allegedly lifted the 19-year-old girl's skirt to her right thigh at the NYP library at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 on Nov 24.
He is also said to have stolen three black brassiere worth $15 outside a flat at Block 361 Bukit Batok Street 31 on Wednesday.
If convicted of outrage of modesty, he faces a jail term of up to two years or fine or caning or any combination of the punishments.
The maximum penalty for theft is three years' jail and a fine.
No plea was taken from Jee Guang You, a Nanyang Polytechnic student, who was remanded a week for investigation.
He allegedly lifted the 19-year-old girl's skirt to her right thigh at the NYP library at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 on Nov 24.
He is also said to have stolen three black brassiere worth $15 outside a flat at Block 361 Bukit Batok Street 31 on Wednesday.
If convicted of outrage of modesty, he faces a jail term of up to two years or fine or caning or any combination of the punishments.
The maximum penalty for theft is three years' jail and a fine.
Sex parties are 'epicentres'
OVER 70 per cent of gay and bisexual Asian men use the Internet to find sexual partners. About 60 per cent said they travelled, and of these, 12 per cent attended private sex parties while overseas, according to an online survey by gay lifestyle portal Fridae.com.
Such private sex parties were the 'epicentre' of sexual infections like HIV, overriding other common meeting places like public saunas, said Dr Stuart Koe, founder of the portal which is based in Singapore. Eight per cent of those who travelled also had unprotected sex while abroad, he added.
The findings were released yesterday at the first-ever Asian regional conference to tackle HIV among gay men and transgender people.
Dr Koe, who presented the findings at the Developed Asia Regional Consultation on HIV in MSM (men who have sex with men) and transgender people, called for a regional response to counter the problem that private sex parties posed towards the spread of HIV.
'This is where the highest-risk sex is happening - where the rates of condom use are the lowest, the prevalence of HIV the highest, and drug use is also the highest,' he said.
That people can hook up with sex partners by a simple click of the mouse has also resulted in the trend going regional.
Source: ST Online
Such private sex parties were the 'epicentre' of sexual infections like HIV, overriding other common meeting places like public saunas, said Dr Stuart Koe, founder of the portal which is based in Singapore. Eight per cent of those who travelled also had unprotected sex while abroad, he added.
The findings were released yesterday at the first-ever Asian regional conference to tackle HIV among gay men and transgender people.
Dr Koe, who presented the findings at the Developed Asia Regional Consultation on HIV in MSM (men who have sex with men) and transgender people, called for a regional response to counter the problem that private sex parties posed towards the spread of HIV.
'This is where the highest-risk sex is happening - where the rates of condom use are the lowest, the prevalence of HIV the highest, and drug use is also the highest,' he said.
That people can hook up with sex partners by a simple click of the mouse has also resulted in the trend going regional.
Source: ST Online
Thursday, December 2, 2010
23-year-old molester arrested
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man believed to be involved in several cases of outrage of modesty at Nanyang Polytechnic in Ang Mo Kio.
Police received two reports of outrage of modesty in November, involving female students at the polytechnic.
The suspect was arrested at his home in Bukit Batok Street 31 on Wednesday.
Police said the suspect is believed to be involved in at least four cases of outrage of modesty in the Ang Mo Kio area.
Several pieces of lingerie, believed to be stolen items, were also recovered from the suspect's residence and seized as case exhibits.
The suspect will be charged in Court on Friday.
If convicted, he may be jailed up to two years, fined and caned.
Source: Channelnewsasia
Police received two reports of outrage of modesty in November, involving female students at the polytechnic.
The suspect was arrested at his home in Bukit Batok Street 31 on Wednesday.
Police said the suspect is believed to be involved in at least four cases of outrage of modesty in the Ang Mo Kio area.
Several pieces of lingerie, believed to be stolen items, were also recovered from the suspect's residence and seized as case exhibits.
The suspect will be charged in Court on Friday.
If convicted, he may be jailed up to two years, fined and caned.
Source: Channelnewsasia
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Molester 'followed victim home'
A BUSINESSMAN who followed a woman home and molested her outside her unit was jailed for six months on Wednesday.
Kuan Wei Tzuu, 34, pleaded guilty to stroking the 24-year-old waitress' upper body and grabbing her breast outside her flat in Toa Payoh on April 15.
The court heard that while the engineering graduate was at the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange, he saw the victim and decided to follow her.
He took the same feeder bus as her and alighted at a bus stop along Braddell Road sometime past midnight.
She took the lift while he walked up the stairs. When she was opening the door to her flat, he rushed towards her and outraged her modesty. She screamed for help and he fled.
Kuan, who was arrested at his home 11 days later, could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any combined punishment.
Source: ST Online
Kuan Wei Tzuu, 34, pleaded guilty to stroking the 24-year-old waitress' upper body and grabbing her breast outside her flat in Toa Payoh on April 15.
The court heard that while the engineering graduate was at the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange, he saw the victim and decided to follow her.
He took the same feeder bus as her and alighted at a bus stop along Braddell Road sometime past midnight.
She took the lift while he walked up the stairs. When she was opening the door to her flat, he rushed towards her and outraged her modesty. She screamed for help and he fled.
Kuan, who was arrested at his home 11 days later, could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any combined punishment.
Source: ST Online
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