Pronography in laptop caught by airport authority.

airbrush · #1 13-02-2008, 09:45 PM

Sg pilot was caught with pronography by Aussie airport authority and was fined $18K. How do they know that the labtop has pronography. Anyway to hide pronography in laptop. Does airport authority has the right to scutinized labtop? I know usually if they want to check you laptop they will do it briefly.

nokia8888 · #2 13-02-2008, 10:10 PM

SIA pilot fined for porn had 7 videos showing rape, child sex

SEVEN video files were found on the personal computer of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilot who was fined A$12,000 for trying to bring child pornography into Australia, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Some of the videos contained footage of rape, sexual violence and children engaged in sexual activity, the documents said.

Captain Ng Kok Yauw, 41, a Malaysian, piloted a Singapore Airlines flight last Saturday from Singapore 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.

He was the third person arrested by Australian Customs Service in less than a week, in the wake of a crackdown on attempts to bring pornography into the country.

The other two arrested are a 41-year-old Singaporean, who has been similarly charged, and Mr Ahmad Said, 23, a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) co-pilot, who was fined A$6,000.

Mr Ahmad has been suspended from flying pending an MAS inquiry. The Singaporean will be charged in an Adelaide magistrate's court on Feb 25.

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. -- REUTERS

nokia8888 · #3 13-02-2008, 10:17 PM

Duplicate post....Darn all the Database errors

hendri · #4 13-02-2008, 10:33 PM

I wonder whether it is a crime to bring in our laptop with some of the goodies from this SBF... I hope the boss of SBF will enlighten us...

We never leave home without SBF goodies.....

nokia8888 · #5 13-02-2008, 10:37 PM

Duplicate post....Darn all the Database errors

Swastikanian · #6 13-02-2008, 10:50 PM

This give us all a warning not to have any porno material on all our portable devices when we are travelling out/into sg

j0n`_8 · #7 14-02-2008, 01:27 AM

Actually it's not because of normal porn. He was caught with child porn! I think in SBF child porn also not acceptable right?

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SEVEN video files were found on the personal computer of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilot who was fined A$12,000 for trying to bring child pornography into Australia, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Some of the videos contained footage of rape, sexual violence and children engaged in sexual activity, the documents said.

Captain Ng Kok Yauw, 41, a Malaysian, piloted a Singapore Airlines flight last Saturday from Singapore 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.

He was the third person arrested by Australian Customs Service in less than a week, in the wake of a crackdown on attempts to bring pornography into the country.

The other two arrested are a 41-year-old Singaporean, who has been similarly charged, and Mr Ahmad Said, 23, a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) co-pilot, who was fined A$6,000.

Mr Ahmad has been suspended from flying pending an MAS inquiry. The Singaporean will be charged in an Adelaide magistrate's court on Feb 25.

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. -- REUTERS

jplover · #8 14-02-2008, 02:05 AM

Well, it seems to be cases of sabotages.

Nonetheless, I never leave any vidoes / pictures in my laptop and desktops. All nicely encrypted in a NAS drive.

Bros who're travelling might wish to practise discretion with their multimedia contents.

South Park · #9 14-02-2008, 02:59 AM

The main point was that it was child porn, which is a strict no-no.

I dont think they would have done anything if it was just legal porn

IDOL · #10 14-02-2008, 08:38 AM

No worries, this type of cases are all based on tipoffs .... the pilot must have been involved in bigger 'projects' for them to beo him ....

airbrush · #11 14-02-2008, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hendri

I wonder whether it is a crime to bring in our laptop with some of the goodies from this SBF... I hope the boss of SBF will enlighten us...

We never leave home without SBF goodies.....

haha good statement " We never leave home without SBF goodies" Yes sometime when you are on long trip SBF goodies can realise the agony in the plane but now I think many brother might think twice to have SBF goodies in laptop. There was once when I was in London, I saw custom officer ask passenger to turn on the laptop for inspection.

XueJing · #12 14-02-2008, 09:55 AM

Most times they make you on your laptop is to make sure your laptop is not just a shell for some explosive device ... once they can see it can be on .... then the parts inside must be ok .... not really to check your contents. If they check contents, that means they are sure you have something itself liao , so for the above case, sure from whistle blower

bochi · #13 14-02-2008, 11:02 AM

Bro xuejing, you are right, they are just checking the workability of the laptop ... if cannot startup, straightaway go interrogation room liao ... so bear in mind dont bring a laptop oeverseas to repair

tomvoyeur · #14 15-02-2008, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by South Park

The main point was that it was child porn, which is a strict no-no.

I dont think they would have done anything if it was just legal porn

Its not illegal to have porn in many western countries but I dun really see the purpose to stepping up enforcement on child porn on laptop. In today's digital age, the internet is obviously a faster way to spread pornography than air-freight.

18level · #15 15-02-2008, 08:27 AM

You are right Bro Tomvoyeur , I think he didnt expect it, but now, with this experience, anybody carrying a laptop will know what to do liao .... save everything on external hdd and keep at home ...