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The 11 men arrested in Singapore are aged between 22 and 44.<\/p>\n
Those arrested, and the 16 people assisting with investigations, are suspected of:<\/p>\n
Early investigations found that eight of them knowingly accessed, downloaded and possessed child sexual abuse materials through online messaging platforms and “peer-to-peer services”, SPF said.<\/p>\n
In one case, the police investigated two men, aged 26 and 28, for making cross-border payments to access obscene materials through a Telegram channel.<\/p>\n
This came after they received information from Malaysia’s police that a person was allegedly selling such materials to people in Singapore.<\/p>\n
Another man was arrested in March, and the authorities found materials involving two victims of sexual exploitation on his devices.<\/p>\n
The victims had been sexually exploited by someone overseas through an online platform. This case came up through a referral from a non-governmental organisation.<\/p>\n
The Singapore police worked with overseas law enforcement to identify the offender and arrested him on Mar 27.<\/p>\n
Images of another potential victim were also found on his devices, and investigations are ongoing, they added.<\/p>\n
Anyone convicted of producing child abuse material may be jailed for up to 10 years and be liable to a fine or caning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone who knowingly possesses or gains access to child abuse material may be jailed for five years upon conviction and be fined or caned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n