Two years’ jail for man in SG who downloaded over 13,600 child abuse images, some involving babies


Ansari first viewed child abuse material between 2014 and 2015, when he downloaded such material from Telegram chat groups. — Reuters

SINGAPORE: A man, whom the prosecution described as having an insatiable appetite for child pornography, was jailed for two years on March 28 for downloading over 13,600 files of child abuse material.

Ansari Abdul Amin, 36, who viewed sexual videos involving babies, girls and boys below 11 years old having sex with adults, pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing child abuse material.

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