28-year-old Wong Min Jun was fined SGD$42,000 on Friday (Apr 8) after he was found with more than 4,200 obscene content.
A woman lodged a Police report on 24 October 2019 when she found out about the group chat sharing obscene materials.
Wong and three others were then suspected by the Police and investigations uncovered some 17,219 video files and 5,537 pictures of an obscene nature.
Wong had earlier downloaded them from online sources for his own viewing and did not create the materials.
Together with the other three men, all of them were subsequently arrested and charged in court with some already sentenced.
Wong’s history
Wong previously wrote an opinion piece article on Nikkei Asia that criticised authorities on the handling of KTV lounges.
His article was later rebutted by t he Ministry of Home Affairs.
Penalties
He could have been jailed up to three months and/or fined for his act of transmitting obscene objects by electronic means.
For his act of possessing obscene films, he could have been jailed up to six months and/or fined up to $20,000.
Group had 25,000 members at its peak
The chat group, “Sam’s lots of CB collection” which Tan was a member in had about 25,000 members during the time when it was still existent.
Together with another group, “Sam’s House of Sins”, both of the groups were linked to the notorious Sammyboy Forum which was used by users to share and discuss things related to ‘adult’ nature.