SINGAPORE, Jan 10 — An 18-year-old admitted in court to multiple offences committed between 2024 and 2025, including distributing a girl’s nude photos, forging an NRIC and extorting a schoolmate.
He pleaded guilty yesterday to five charges, the Straits Times reported, and cannot be identified because he was 17 when some offences occurred and is protected under the Children and Young Persons Act.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Adelle Tai said that while the accused was young, his behaviour amounted to “a sustained campaign of exploitation and violence against other vulnerable and young victims.”
She added that his actions showed “a concerning escalation in criminal behaviour, a lack of genuine remorse, and a complete disregard for legal consequences, as evidenced by his continued offending while he was on bail.”
Court documents stated that on July 17, 2024, the teen joined a group chat where nude photos of the victim were being circulated.
He saved the images before they were deleted and later uploaded them to a public Telegram channel he created.
He also shared the channel link on his Instagram page with the caption, “Click here for exclusive content.”
The Telegram channel eventually drew between 400 and 500 members.
He deleted it only after the victim told him that authorities were aware of the leak.
On August 8, 2024, he and a classmate stole about S$760 (RM2,416) worth of items from a Popular bookstore at Nex, although only S$559.80 was eventually recovered.
In September 2024, he used a photo editing tool and an image from the Singpass app to alter his classmate’s NRIC, changing the date of birth from June 23, 2009 to June 23, 2002 and modifying the identification number.
The classmate used the forged document to buy cigarettes and alcohol on three occasions between September 1, 2024 and January 8, 2025.
