Regular Sammyboy Forum user gets jail for possessing videos of toilet users, sharing obscene images
Winston Liow Boon Hin had been a regular user of the adult website Sammyboy Forum since his days in National Service.
A Singaporean man, Winston Liow Boon Hin, aged 50, has been sentenced to two months and five weeks in jail for possessing voyeuristic recordings of female toilet users and sharing obscene images on the adult website Sammyboy Forum. Liow, who had been a regular user of the forum for around a decade, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing voyeuristic recordings and transmitting obscene images onto the forum.
He was arrested at Concorde Hotel and Shopping Mall in May 2022 on suspicion of trespassing into a women's toilet and recording eight females without their consent. Police seized his phone and found 10 recordings of these females in the toilet and 40 upskirt images. Liow claimed to have obtained the upskirt and toilet images from other adult forums and posted them on Sammyboy to share.
The prosecution sought a jail term between two months and five weeks to two months and seven weeks, citing Liow's history of sexual offenses, including a 2003 conviction for possessing obscene films and a 2017 conviction for molestation. Liow's defense lawyers argued that the images were not obscene and were not for sexual arousal, but were instead shared to express his interest in pretty girls.
They also noted that Liow had two to three accounts to quickly post on the forum and that he has been gainfully employed as a safety officer for the past eight years. Liow, who is the primary caregiver for his 79-year-old father with vertigo, has been upfront about his court case and the employer has valued his honesty and is considering re-employing him after his release, subject to management approval.
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