Lad gets five years and cane for online extortion


A YOUNG man who extorted money from men by threatening to upload their nude videos was jailed for five years and ordered to be given five strokes of the cane.

Alexander Soh Zhi Ren, 22, had pleaded guilty to 10 of 23 charges which included theft, receiving and disposing of stolen goods and forgery.

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