Jonathan Wong: Former Scholar to Be Sentenced, Tonight, in UK for Child Pornography

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Posted: 20 December 2010 1932 hrs


SINGAPORE : A former scholar with Singapore's Education Ministry will appear in a UK court later Monday to be sentenced for child pornography.

23-year-old Jonathan Wong is a history major at York University.

He has pleaded guilty to 17 charges of owning child pornography videos, and will be sentenced at about 10pm Singapore time.

Wong, who is currently out on bail, faces up to 10 years in jail.

His court appearance at the York Crown Court was brought forward from January 17.

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[Debonerman]

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London is freezing. Expect some delay. By the way, what exactly does Lee Hsien Loong do for a living?

 

[leetahbah]

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Lucky fellow, no jail time but kena expelled, a registered sex offender, MOE scholarship revoked, must leave UK

Come back SG be taxi driver?

Former MOE scholar expelled from University of York

By Channel NewsAsia correspondent Catherine Drew

SINGAPORE : A former scholar with Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) has been expelled from the University of York.

23-year-old Jonathan Wong, who was a history major at the university, had been found guilty of owning child pornography videos.

In a statement on Monday, the university said Jonathan has been "permanently excluded" on the grounds of gross misconduct.

The university added that it is strongly committed to child safety and deplores all types of child pornography and abuse.

Jonathan had also been sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the UK court on Monday.

However, his sentence has been suspended for two years. This means it will not be a custodial sentence. Sources at the court had earlier indicated he would not receive a custodial sentence because he had pleaded guilty to the charges and had no previous convictions.

But he will be subject to an eight-month supervision order from the probation service and will be placed under the sex offender's register for seven years.

He has also been disqualified from working with children.

With the expulsion, Jonathan's eight-month supervision order has to be re-looked at as he will no longer be staying legally in the UK.

The MOE has also revoked his teaching scholarship.

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LONDON - JONATHAN Wong, the Singaporean undergraduate found with child pornography videos on his computer at the University of York, was given a suspended sentence for his offences on Monday (Dec 20).

A few hours later, the university said that it was expelling him. It is unclear, however, whether Wong, 23, will have to leave the country, as he could potentially lose his student visa.

At York Crown Court, Wong received a six-month sentence suspended for two years. It means that he will not spend any time in jail unless he re-offends during that period.

In addition, Wong has to forfeit his computer and sign the sex offenders' register for seven years.

This will make him known to police as a sex offender.

He will also have to notify them if he changes his name or address, or spends more than a week away from home.

 

[manokie]

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SINGAPORE : A former scholar with Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) has been expelled from the University of York.

23-year-old Jonathan Wong, who was a history major at the university, had been found guilty of owning child pornography videos.

In a statement on Monday, the university said Jonathan has been "permanently excluded" on the grounds of gross misconduct.

The university added that it is strongly committed to child safety and deplores all types of child pornography and abuse.

Jonathan had also been sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the UK court on Monday.

However, his sentence has been suspended for two years. This means it will not be a custodial sentence. Sources at the court had earlier indicated he would not receive a custodial sentence because he had pleaded guilty to the charges and had no previous convictions.

But he will be subject to an eight-month supervision order from the probation service and will be placed under the sex offender's register for seven years.

He has also been disqualified from working with children.

With the expulsion, Jonathan's eight-month supervision order has to be re-looked at as he will no longer be staying legally in the UK.

The MOE has also revoked his teaching scholarship.

- CNA/al

 

[manokie]

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SINGAPORE - Former Ministry of Education (MOE) scholar Jonathan Wong had already been arrested for possession of child pornography when he returned to teach in a secondary school here, MediaCorp has learnt.

Wong, 23, a history major at the University of York, was arrested in March and did his month-long teaching attachment in July at the school in the western part of Singapore.

Besides teaching history and literature, he interacted closely with pupils when working on a project with them, although "nothing was amiss and Wong acted normally like any other teacher", said a source who also taught at the school.

But, the MOE only knew of Wong's involvement in child pornography last month.

In reply to queries, a ministry spokesman said: "His offence only came to light after he was charged in court in November."

The spokesman added that "neither Jonathan Wong nor his university informed MOE that he had been arrested in March and was under police investigation when he returned for his school attachment".

University of York spokesman David Garner told MediaCorp that it "was not informed by the police of Jonathan Wong's arrest nor the subsequent charges". Said Mr Garner: "The first that the university knew of the charges was when Jonathan Wong appeared before York Crown Court on Nov 15."

Parents whom MediaCorp spoke to were concerned when they heard the news. And a teacher, who declined to be named, added: "When he was first arrested ... we should give him the benefit of the doubt. But he should not be allowed to teach till his case is concluded.

"There should be tightening of communication between the ministry and their scholars overseas." This will now be done. The MOE spokesman said: "We are reviewing our processes to improve the selection of scholars and the reporting of such offences."

Wong, who is on bail, will be sentenced during the week of Jan 17 after the initial court date of Dec 13 was postponed. He could face up to 10 years in jail, though a non-custodial sentence is also possible, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.

 

[wahlaneh]

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wahlaneh...
he can easily payback scholarship then drop out of uni then migrate to german or france and carry on his childporn biz mah so simple.

 

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http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_604939.html

Jonathan Wong, 23, who was once in the gifted education programme at Hwa Chong Institution, was caught after undergraduates became suspicious of files on the university's intranet and told the authorities, said The York Press newspaper

Jonathan is a real idiot by putting the porn on the university intranet. So he probably surf porn at campus and save the video to the intranet. That is really stupid. Of all places, why must he save or download the videos to the intranet?

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_604939.html

They took away his laptop and hard drive, where they found 50 videos of hardcore child pornography, some of which were graphic, had audio, or lasted more than an hour.

They also featured girls as young as six, Mr Martin Butterworth, from the Crown Prosecution Service, told magistrates in York on Wednesday. He described the videos as 'quite serious offences'.

Graphic means the video showed penetration of children, this is really sick, Jonathan deserved what he got.

Looks like he blew his life away, no better, maybe slightly better than Dateline NBC Sexual Predators, but still that is not good at all, his life is kaput, unless his parents is rich.

 

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Posted: 20 December 2010 1932 hrs


SINGAPORE : A former scholar with Singapore's Education Ministry will appear in a UK court later Monday to be sentenced for child pornography.

23-year-old Jonathan Wong is a history major at York University.

He has pleaded guilty to 17 charges of owning child pornography videos, and will be sentenced at about 10pm Singapore time.

Wong, who is currently out on bail, faces up to 10 years in jail.

His court appearance at the York Crown Court was brought forward from January 17.

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The scholar will spend the next ten Christmases in jail.

 

[ray_of_hope]

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It's a big disgrace, especially for his alma mater.