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SINGAPORE, Feb 13 - A Singapore Airlines pilot was fined
A$12,000 for trying to bring child pornography into Australia,
court documents showed on Wednesday.
Ng Kok Yauw, 40, captained a Singapore Airlines flight last
Saturday from the city-state to Adelaide, Australia, when customs
officials searched his laptop and found video clips of child
pornography, Adelaide court documents seen by Reuters said.
Ng, who appeared in court on Monday, pleaded guilty to charges
of importing banned material and making a false statement to a
customs officer.
He could not be reached for comment but Singapore Airlines, the
world's second-largest airline by market value, said the airline
was conducting its own investigation.
Seven video files were found on Ng's computer, some of which
contained footage of rape, sexual violence and children engaged in
sexual activity, the documents said.
The maximum sentence in Australia for offences involving child
pornography is a fine of A$275,000 and 10 years imprisonment.
While it is not an offence to bring pornographic material into
Australia, an Australian customs spokeswoman said it was an crime
to bring in "objectionable" or "abhorrent" pornography into the
country.
This would include materials that "offend against the standards
of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable
adults", the spokeswoman said.
The pilot was one of three men caught last week by Australian
custom officials for importing "offensive" pornography. Local media
in Singapore said one of these was a Malaysian Airline pilot.
