A man was given two strokes of the cane and almost two years in prison on Monday ( Feb 10 ) for having more than 8, 000 images and videos of child porn.
Lin Zhenyang, a 40-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child abuse stuff. He was also charged with possessing more than 12, 000 outrageous movies, and his punishment was taken into account.  ,
He reportedly joined a Telegram group a few years before being detained in 2021, where members may post pornographic materials, including videos of young people having sex with other people.  ,
Lin would save full folders of the media files from the Telegram groups at home using external cloud storage links before moving them to his individual hard drives.  ,
The former advisor may finally check the files to see what had been saved. He acknowledged that he had seen sexually explicit images and videos, but he continued to use them even after realizing they had baby mistreatment material.
On Oct 15, 2021, acting on data received, the police raided Lin’s apartment, where he lives with his parents and siblings. They seized two painful drives, a telephone and a computer.  ,
Finding 1, 136 video and 7, 277 pictures containing child abuse substance was discovered by Lin after he joined the Telegram groups.  ,
Studies also revealed that he had 12, 896 various vulgar movies, which meant nearly 40 % of the entire vulgar content in his custody came from videos and photos containing child abuse material.  ,
Deputy Public Prosecutor Sheldon Lim ordered 23 to 25 months in prison and between two and three wood stroke because Lin had already pleaded guilty in the first instance.  ,
Lin is an introverted man who frequently found it difficult to understand social interactions and felt badly and underappreciated by his superiors, according to his attorneys Rebecca Heng and Muslim Albakri of Lighthouse Law LLC in their prevention plea.  ,
He turned to alcohol and watched sex more and more over the years, and they said he increasingly sought refuge in pleasure by turning to himself and seeking redemption.  ,
According to his attorneys, the former officer did not search for or take child abuse material and requested a sentence of between 19 and 21 months in prison and two cane strikes.  ,
His lawyers claimed that Lin was a part of 500 Telegram groups, the most a non-paying user may add because he faced challenges at work and in both his personal life and in his work.
At the time he was arrested in 2021, he had amassed more than 20TB of sexual materials, or nearly 10, 000 days of high-definition videos, “more than he could ever watch”, said his attorneys, claiming that the offending files depicting child maltreatment stayed in his custody only because of his indifference.  ,
The petition read,” He himself was flabbergasted at the amount of child abuse fabric he had amassed over the years as reflected in his charge.”  ,
Lin’s parents and siblings were in courtroom when he was sentenced on Monday.
A child abuse materials owner could face a jail sentence of up to five years and a good or a caning.