began to post ‘advertisements’ for users interested in being filmed to communicate with him via Twitter, Telegram or Grindr.

They also said they were willing to pay for hotel rooms for sexual activities.ĭPP Poon told the court: “The accused. Initially, he posted his obscene videos for free, but his followers later asked him to put the clips up for sale. “His social media following grew to around 30,000 followers, and he also started a Telegram group chat so that his followers could communicate with him directly.” The filming was usually done in the staircase areas of Housing Board blocks near his home.ĭeputy Public Prosecutor Yvonne Poon said: “The accused branded his videos with the identifier that they had been taken at HDB staircases and used that as a primary marketing point. He got consent from fellow app users to film their sexual activities and post the videos on his Twitter account. He had pleaded guilty to being in possession of child pornography, among other offences.Īround 2018, he began using dating app Grindr, which is commonly used by gay men. Khairy, 30, was sentenced to six months and six weeks’ jail on Friday. Instead, they had been automatically downloaded from chat groups on messaging platform Telegram.

He had not intentionally sought out these child abuse videos.

Muhammad Khairy Ariffin was later caught with 203 sexually explicit videos of children which were made by others. SINGAPORE – He owned a Twitter account containing sexually explicit material and made 816 obscene videos for sale.

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