SINGAPORE: A man posed as a schoolgirl on a social networking site
and cajoled an 11-year-old girl to do indecent acts in front of her
webcam.
Unknown to the victim, Poong Foo Yun
(pic), 25, a Malaysian, recorded her
sexual acts, and later threatened to release the video onto the
Internet if she did not comply with his instructions.
He had pleaded guilty to procuring a child to perform an indecent
act; sexual penetration of a minor and sexual grooming in 2008.On
Wednesday, the unemployed man was given a total of 19 months’ jail
on three charges.
Three other charges were taken into consideration when Poong was
sentenced.
Pressing for a substantial jail term, DPP Kevin Yong cited several
aggravating factors. He said Poong used the Internet to deceive the
victim into believing that he was a 15-year-old girl when he was 23
at the time.
‘It is an aggravating factor because not only would he have the
pleasure of viewing the footages repeatedly at his leisure, but
also because he made use of the footages to issue a thinly veiled
threat to release the videos onto the Internet if the victim did
not comply with his instructions in the future.” DPP Kevin Yong
said.
Poong, who was arrested at Redhill MRT station in October when he
turned up to meet the victim, preyed on the young and vulnerable
victim to satisfy his own lust, said the DPP. — Straits
Times/ANN