"9Yo - Real incest" read one. Another was titled: "Defloration". Anyone with access to the Goodricke College's intranet could see the files bearing children's porn.
And two students who did became so outraged that they raised the alarm with the University of York authorities in the United Kingdom.
British students Aidan Pilgrim and Casey Woodward, both 19, were living in the same hall as Singaporean scholar Jonathan Wong.
The pair's revelation and subsequent police investigation led to the downfall of Wong, 23, a teaching scholar at the University of York.
The third-year history undergraduate is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to 17 charges of possessing child porn.
Mr Pilgrim, a second-year chemistry student, told The New Paper on Sunday in an exclusive interview that a friend had alerted him about "someone with the username Perseus Argadeus (who) had really sick files in his sharing folder".
He and Mr Woodward came across the files on March3.
Found in an iTunes shared folder, the unsecured files were open to registered users staying in the University of York's Goodricke College.
Comments:
When I first read the article, I was worried about the safety of the victims as they were mostly under 16 years of age. I wondered if they were the willing party or has it been forced? Many thoughts came to my mind that sent shivers down my spine as I could never comprehend the reasons behind his doings.
Most importantly, the image of Singapore must have been ruined in the eyes of the British. What would they think of Singaporeans now, especially when they have planned to travel here for a holiday after hearing umpteen times about Singapore being a clean and green city?
I was glad he was caught through the sharing folder in iTunes and his actions have been charged accordingly.
Kelly Lim
102642J
102642J
No comments:
Post a Comment