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EX-SCHOLAR CAUGHT WITH CHILD PORN
Legal loopholes?
By Vanessa Jalleh
WHEN asked for their views on the sentencing of Jonathan Wong - a Singaporean undergraduate found with child pornography videos in the UK - there was a range of opinions on the Straits Times Discussion Board and Facebook page.
We had asked readers earlier on Wednesday this poser: In Singapore, there are no specific laws against the possession of child pornography. Should there be? (Here, a person in a case like Wong's would have been charged with possessing obscene films under the Films Act)
Reader Alan Ma added: 'All I want to say is that there are loopholes in our legal system.'
A reader Just1more, responded by saying: 'I think we should accept the law of the land, be it fair or otherwise. As for Jonathan, he has paid for his mistakes and I do hope he can get on after it. I am not defending his crime but let us be compassionate. Let's give him another chance. After all, who can claim he has never committed a sin in his lifetime? We are human after all.'
David Neo, another reader, said: 'These people are in need of therapy and should be monitored for a period of time.' Reader dragonalive said: 'Those who condemned Jonathan Wong should do this every time they look at a mirror and ask themselves if they have, at one point or another, surfed undesirable websites. If so, then they are worse than him, and are hypocrites.'
Siti Nor'aini Abdul Samat added: ' Whatever it is, it is still pornography. To have such copies that include children is even worst. The thought of this makes me shiver.'
Legal loopholes?
By Vanessa Jalleh

WHEN asked for their views on the sentencing of Jonathan Wong - a Singaporean undergraduate found with child pornography videos in the UK - there was a range of opinions on the Straits Times Discussion Board and Facebook page.
We had asked readers earlier on Wednesday this poser: In Singapore, there are no specific laws against the possession of child pornography. Should there be? (Here, a person in a case like Wong's would have been charged with possessing obscene films under the Films Act)
Reader Alan Ma added: 'All I want to say is that there are loopholes in our legal system.'
A reader Just1more, responded by saying: 'I think we should accept the law of the land, be it fair or otherwise. As for Jonathan, he has paid for his mistakes and I do hope he can get on after it. I am not defending his crime but let us be compassionate. Let's give him another chance. After all, who can claim he has never committed a sin in his lifetime? We are human after all.'
David Neo, another reader, said: 'These people are in need of therapy and should be monitored for a period of time.' Reader dragonalive said: 'Those who condemned Jonathan Wong should do this every time they look at a mirror and ask themselves if they have, at one point or another, surfed undesirable websites. If so, then they are worse than him, and are hypocrites.'
Siti Nor'aini Abdul Samat added: ' Whatever it is, it is still pornography. To have such copies that include children is even worst. The thought of this makes me shiver.'