Jan 19, 2011
'Gary Ng' gets 50 months jail and $20k fine
Chen Guilin, alias Gary Ng, was jailed 50 months and received a $20,000 fine. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
THE man dubbed Singapore's Edison Chen was sentenced to 50 months' jail and fined $20,000 on Wednesday for a series of offences.
Chen Guilin alias Gary Ng, 28, had admitted to having 507 obscene films, mostly of himself having sex with other women. Some of the women were willing parties for the filming while others were not. He had hidden a video camera in a plastic bag with a slit to film his acts and uploaded some on the Internet.
The former property agent had also pleaded guilty to four charges of forgery and one count each of housebreaking and theft, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully having another person's identity card. He committed a total of 21 offences from 2006 to June last year involving property worth $171,770.
The prosecution had earlier urged the court to impose a heavy fine and at least four years' jail in view of the severe aggravating factors.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Paul Wong said Chen was a recalcitrant offender, and that all the offences were dishonest involving pre-planning and scheming.
Chen's lawyer Savliwala Din had told the court in mitigation that his client made no excuse for his wrongdoing. He turned to crime when he could not earn enough money from his commissions as a real estate agent, he added.
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Jan 5, 2011
'Gary Ng' admits filming more than 500 sex clips
WHILE he was engaged in sex with different women, the intimate moments were filmed with a video camera hidden in a plastic bag with a slit.
Some women were willing parties for the filming, but others were filmed without their consent.
Chen Guilin, alias Gary Ng, then posted some of the video clips on the Internet with the women's faces masked.
The 28-year-old on Tuesday pleaded guilty to possessing 507 obscene films, of which more than 480 were clips of him having sex with various women.
The items were seized by police from his flat at Yishun Street 22 in June last year. The police also found another person's identity card in his flat.
The former property agent on Tuesday also admitted to seven other offences, including breaking into the home of his client while she was away, forgery and criminal breach of trust.
