Jail for man who shared obscene pictures with 25,000 Telegram members


Lincoln Anthony Fernandez leaving the State Courts on July 28, 2021. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Four men involved in a Telegram group linked to a notorious website that facilitates the sharing of lewd videos and images were arrested by the police, with one of them slapped with a prison sentence on Wednesday (Dec 15).

Lincoln Anthony Fernandez was sentenced to eight weeks' jail and given a fine of S$20,000 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of transmitting obscene materials via electronic means and one count of being in possession of obscene films.

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