Porn in your mobile phone? It's an offence

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http://thecourtroom.stomp.com.sg/sto...n_offence.html

09 Sep 2010

SOURCE: The New Paper

Having obscene DVDs in your possession is an offence – people know that.


But what about having an obscene film in your mobile phone, laptop or iPad even? Answer: It is still an offence.

The court was told that Tan Hiap Hua, 49, had been taken to the lock-up at the Police Cantonment complex on Feb 10 this year as he was under investigation for other offences.

Police officer Wong Pang Wai was interviewing him then and took his mobile phone from him.

On checking Tan’s mobile phone, the officer found 38 obscene video clips on the phone and seized it.

The video clips were transferred to a CD-ROM and sent to the Board of Film Censors for analysis. The board later confirmed that the films were obscene.

Tan admitted to possessing the obscene films and acknowledged that he knew it was an offence.

In his mitigation, his lawyer, Mr Tan Hsuan Boon, said that Tan had downloaded the 38 obscene films from the Internet onto his mobile phone for his private viewing.

Tanwas sentenced to three months’ jail.

Primary concern – public

In sentencing, district judge Liew Thiam Leng said that the primary concern in sentencing for such cases was the protection of the public.

The type of sentence will depend on the circumstances, the quality, quantity and the nature of the films and whether there is any element of commercial gain.

Said the judge: “A non-custodial sentence is reserved for isolated offences where the number of films are small (usually less than 20), and it is for personal use, where there is no commercial element and the accused has pleaded guiltyand is a first offender.”

Tan was found with 38 such clips, which the court noted was a large number. And it was also unusual to store so many on a mobile phone for private viewing.

The court also noted that Tan had a long list of antecedents which included possession of obscene films, theft, cheating, housebreaking as well as a series of traffic offences.

Added the judge: “It is clear that the accused is still committing offences despite having gone through corrective training for five years.

“The court took into consideration that the accused had a total of 38 obscene films in his possession, as well as his previous antecedents.”

For possession of obscene films under the Film Act, Tan could have been fined upto $500 for each film and jailed six months.

Tanis appealing against his jail sentence.

[Johnston]

So uh, what constitutes a film? is a 30 second clip of a blowjob or me wanking myself an obscene film? a 5 second clip of cum? Or is it any less obscene if the one and only Obscene film in my handphone is a specially spliced together 32 hour long porn collection sized at 30gb? Its only one film what....... a very very long film...

I think i better start splicin all the mobile phone clips into one mega clip so i only get catch wih one porn film

But your honor, my client only made the mistake of downloading a single film, albeit one of exceptional length. He was shocked at the length and the film was bugged so it could not be deleted. Hence i plead for leniency. (Yes, files can be made so they cant be deleted by normal means ).

Or screw it just carry your MicroSDHC cards seperate from your phone

[Johnston]

Just as a by the way, i was the very first one to put this idea forward several years ago... i'll go digging for that thread sooner or later "D

[Johnston]

http://sammyboy.today/showthread.php?t=46610 Done and done. Backdated to 28 - 11 - 2005

[Cerberus]

If the police wants to screw you, you also cannot hide......

[singleman]

if the pic or video is my gf or fb, still consider an offence.. bcos is my gf or fbwilling to let me take n keep for viewing purpose.. just wondering

[Johnston]

Technically if at a meeting you go to the rostrum and say Kan WA karcheng gao gao = Fuck MY Ass heavy heavy you are still liable to get arrested for indecent or whatber

[tookara]

everything also banned by PAP law lah

[besthit]

Shit man....... this is getting overbroad

[77guy]

Originally Posted by singleman

if the pic or video is my gf or fb, still consider an offence.. bcos is my gf or fbwilling to let me take n keep for viewing purpose.. just wondering

If video is film by u, will make it worse, cause u not only keep/own porn material, u are also liable to be charge for directing/making ur own porn stuff which i believe is already an offence under siilypore law.

[1128138]

Originally Posted by 77guy

If video is film by u, will make it worse, cause u not only keep/own porn material, u are also liable to be charge for directing/making ur own porn stuff which i believe is already an offence under siilypore law.

it mean in sillypore cant do any thing at all,even PCC is also offence too(mean u r going to kill a lot of people(ur own future son))
so we should stop PCC

[jacky43]

This guy was caught for offences that had nothing to do with porn materials. Is just this gen all mobile shits, lawmen had the rights to check the communication tools.

They saw his collections, so they process with it, that is howcome mine HP have no videos, only names and contacts. I played by the rules so is everybody. That include passing by Customs, Malaysia also don't take it that over there the police don't bother. When their OCs around, they will do it, sorry if u caught.

We can b charged with distribute porno into another country, same like all countries.

[naturegreen]

Erm.... anybody here don't have pirated VCDs at home or has never purchase any at all before in your lifetime?
Anybody here don't have possession of porn at all or has never even watch a single such video before at all?
It's not illegal. Pay $, then it's legal. In Sillypore, everything must Pay And Pay. Once paid, everything can be legal.
For example:
No license they call you loan shark.
Got license they call you licensed loan company.

[jacky43]

I remember 25yrs ago, NS days mine PC is a nice guy. But during field training, his face is as black as Justice Bao. Everybody buckle up, u don't like to cross his path.

99% people not caught, the 1% got found out i guess the law is sorry for them. The law will run its cause, an offence is committedl , u allreally got corner so to write it down.

The person on the bench saw thru the excuses, sort of like u don't like me when i am in session. Also, PT WLs saw thru horny customers, every men should have the $50, is a matter of time he spend it there.