A former Singaporean teacher, Quake Eugene, has been charged with possessing child pornography, making obscene films, and obstructing justice by failing to provide police with login credentials to his mobile devices.
According to CNA report, the 40-year-old was given four charges in total on Monday (Jun 10), including possessing 10 pieces of child abuse material and having 3,796 pieces of obscene material at a flat in Corporation Road in March 2023.
He is also accused of making 23 obscene films between June 2019 and November 2019.
Quake, who indicated that he would not be hiring a lawyer, has been suspended from teaching since March 2023 and is no longer working in any school.
The Ministry of Education has stated that they take misconduct by staff seriously and will take disciplinary action against those who do not adhere to their standards of conduct.
“MOE takes a serious view of staff misconduct and will take disciplinary action against those who fail to adhere to our standards of conduct and discipline, including dismissal from service,” the spokesperson said according to CNA.
If convicted of obstructing justice, Quake could face up to seven years in jail, a fine, or both. For possessing child abuse material, he could be jailed for up to five years, fined, or caned. For possessing obscene material, he could be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$20,000, or both. And for making obscene material, he could be jailed for up to two years, fined up to S$40,000, or both.
Quake is scheduled to plead guilty in July.
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