Controversial Singapore runner Soh Rui Yong, pledged his support for Titus Low’s OnlyFans career in a Facebook post.
He shared about Low’s beginnings and urged people to “stand up in solidarity with Titus and wish him all the best”.
Background
Low was arrested last year for allegedly uploading videos and photos of his private parts onto his OnlyFans account.
His account was then seized and he was served an order not to access the account but he breached the order by allegedly recovering his account by writing to the site’s admin, claiming that his account was not secure and resetting his password.
He then continued to upload new content, including 20 obscene photos and 14 obscene videos from 14 November to 27 December last year.
Low was then charged on 30 December on two counts of transmitting obscene material via electronic means, as well as one charge of failure to comply with an order that was issued to him.
Low then spoke to Los Angeles Times in an interview, saying that he is considering moving overseas to continue his OnlyFans career.
Here is Soh Rui Yong’s statement
|In support of Titus Low|
Titus Low is a man with all the right gifts with the creativity to use them to succeed. Here’s someone who grew up in a broken home after his parents divorced when he was young. He dropped out of school, then briefly traded stocks for a living before finding his way into content creation where he reportedly earned about $30,000 per month ($15mth x 2,000 subscribers). That is impressive independence, survivability, and creativity to capitalise on your opportunities – all key to success in life.
Yet in Singapore, he faces criminal charges for being an OnlyFans content producer. The Singaporean Penal Code states that it is illegal to “transmit any obscene materials by electronic means, or to take part in or receive profits from any business where such materials are transmitted.”
Hence, the literal interpretation of the Singapore Penal code is that, Titus making content of his own body, and sharing it with other consensual adults for profits, is considered a crime.
A lot people have jumped onto their high moral horses and shouted: “But he broke the law! He deserves it!” I dare say a good number of you have filmed your own intimate videos with your partners or sent intimate photos of yourselves to your partners, or possibly other people as well! FYI – That makes you offenders of Singapore law as well under Section 30 of the Films Act: Possession of obscene films
30.—(1) Any person who has in his or her possession any obscene film shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
Adult workers advocacy group Project X has described Singapore as being trapped in a state of moral panic that prevented the nation from treating intimacy as “a normal aspect of human behavior.” I couldn’t agree more with this statement. Perhaps if we as a country were more open minded about matters relating to intimacy, we might have less repressed youth committing molest cases every few months in NUS, and talents like Titus would be able to make a living peacefully without being in fear of imprisoned. If anything, our government should find a way to legalise and tax his earnings, not shut him down.
Titus faces up to 21 months in jail for doing what many content creators do around the world – use OnlyFans for the entertainment of their consenting and willing adult fans. It’s a pity that as a first world country, Singapore is unable to accept him and celebrate his success with him.
Titus has indicated his intention to move to London or Los Angeles after prison (should he be sentenced to that) in order to continue his career as an adult content creator. I think that serves as a further example of his courage and entrepreneurial spirit. We often speak of a lack of these qualities in Singapore. Here we have a great embodiment (pun unintended) of them and we are pushing him away.
I understand that the law is the law. But I also believe the laws of a country are a reflection of the level of societal maturity of a country. I encourage more of us to stand up in solidarity with Titus and wish him all the best.
Good luck for the trial, Titus, you got this.