Pronography in laptop caught by airport authority.

[airbrush]

Sg pilot was caught with pronography by Aussie airport authority and was fined $18K. How do they know that the labtop has pronography. Anyway to hide pronography in laptop. Does airport authority has the right to scutinized labtop? I know usually if they want to check you laptop they will do it briefly.

[nokia8888]

SIA pilot fined for porn had 7 videos showing rape, child sex

SEVEN video files were found on the personal computer of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilot who was fined A$12,000 for trying to bring child pornography into Australia, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Some of the videos contained footage of rape, sexual violence and children engaged in sexual activity, the documents said.

Captain Ng Kok Yauw, 41, a Malaysian, piloted a Singapore Airlines flight last Saturday from Singapore to Adelaide, Australia, when customs officials searched his laptop and found video clips of child pornography, Adelaide court documents seen by Reuters said.

Ng, who appeared in court on Monday, pleaded guilty to charges of importing banned material and making a false statement to a customs officer.

He could not be reached for comment but Singapore Airlines, the world's second-largest airline by market value, said the airline was conducting its own investigation.

He was the third person arrested by Australian Customs Service in less than a week, in the wake of a crackdown on attempts to bring pornography into the country.

The other two arrested are a 41-year-old Singaporean, who has been similarly charged, and Mr Ahmad Said, 23, a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) co-pilot, who was fined A$6,000.

Mr Ahmad has been suspended from flying pending an MAS inquiry. The Singaporean will be charged in an Adelaide magistrate's court on Feb 25.

The maximum sentence in Australia for offences involving child pornography is a fine of A$275,000 and 10 years imprisonment.

While it is not an offence to bring pornographic material into Australia, an Australian customs spokeswoman said it was an crime to bring in 'objectionable' or 'abhorrent' pornography into the country.

This would include materials that 'offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults', the spokeswoman said. -- REUTERS

[nokia8888]

Duplicate post....Darn all the Database errors

[hendri]

I wonder whether it is a crime to bring in our laptop with some of the goodies from this SBF... I hope the boss of SBF will enlighten us...

We never leave home without SBF goodies.....

[nokia8888]

Duplicate post....Darn all the Database errors

[Swastikanian]

This give us all a warning not to have any porno material on all our portable devices when we are travelling out/into sg

[j0n`_8]

Actually it's not because of normal porn. He was caught with child porn! I think in SBF child porn also not acceptable right?

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SEVEN video files were found on the personal computer of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilot who was fined A$12,000 for trying to bring child pornography into Australia, court documents showed on Wednesday.

Some of the videos contained footage of rape, sexual violence and children engaged in sexual activity, the documents said.

Captain Ng Kok Yauw, 41, a Malaysian, piloted a Singapore Airlines flight last Saturday from Singapore to Adelaide, Australia, when customs officials searched his laptop and found video clips of child pornography, Adelaide court documents seen by Reuters said.

Ng, who appeared in court on Monday, pleaded guilty to charges of importing banned material and making a false statement to a customs officer.

He could not be reached for comment but Singapore Airlines, the world's second-largest airline by market value, said the airline was conducting its own investigation.

He was the third person arrested by Australian Customs Service in less than a week, in the wake of a crackdown on attempts to bring pornography into the country.

The other two arrested are a 41-year-old Singaporean, who has been similarly charged, and Mr Ahmad Said, 23, a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) co-pilot, who was fined A$6,000.

Mr Ahmad has been suspended from flying pending an MAS inquiry. The Singaporean will be charged in an Adelaide magistrate's court on Feb 25.

The maximum sentence in Australia for offences involving child pornography is a fine of A$275,000 and 10 years imprisonment.

While it is not an offence to bring pornographic material into Australia, an Australian customs spokeswoman said it was an crime to bring in 'objectionable' or 'abhorrent' pornography into the country.

This would include materials that 'offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults', the spokeswoman said. -- REUTERS

[jplover]

Well, it seems to be cases of sabotages.

Nonetheless, I never leave any vidoes / pictures in my laptop and desktops. All nicely encrypted in a NAS drive.

Bros who're travelling might wish to practise discretion with their multimedia contents.

[South Park]

The main point was that it was child porn, which is a strict no-no.

I dont think they would have done anything if it was just legal porn :cool:

[IDOL]

No worries, this type of cases are all based on tipoffs .... the pilot must have been involved in bigger 'projects' for them to beo him ....

[airbrush]

I wonder whether it is a crime to bring in our laptop with some of the goodies from this SBF... I hope the boss of SBF will enlighten us...

We never leave home without SBF goodies.....

haha good statement " We never leave home without SBF goodies" Yes sometime when you are on long trip SBF goodies can realise the agony in the plane but now I think many brother might think twice to have SBF goodies in laptop. There was once when I was in London, I saw custom officer ask passenger to turn on the laptop for inspection.

[XueJing]

Most times they make you on your laptop is to make sure your laptop is not just a shell for some explosive device ... once they can see it can be on .... then the parts inside must be ok .... not really to check your contents. If they check contents, that means they are sure you have something itself liao , so for the above case, sure from whistle blower

[bochi]

Bro xuejing, you are right, they are just checking the workability of the laptop ... if cannot startup, straightaway go interrogation room liao ... so bear in mind dont bring a laptop oeverseas to repair :eek:

[tomvoyeur]

The main point was that it was child porn, which is a strict no-no.

I dont think they would have done anything if it was just legal porn

Its not illegal to have porn in many western countries but I dun really see the purpose to stepping up enforcement on child porn on laptop. In today's digital age, the internet is obviously a faster way to spread pornography than air-freight.

[18level]

You are right Bro Tomvoyeur , I think he didnt expect it, but now, with this experience, anybody carrying a laptop will know what to do liao .... save everything on external hdd and keep at home ...

[Seether]

I dare say them folks who got nabbed by the customs in Australia may have been monitored for a while. anti child pornography things are a big issue in Australia, and they make it very well known that they've got eyes and ears all over to see if anybody does trades in them.

in fact, just last year... a big child pornography ring was busted up in Queensland, and they claimed that they have been monitoring them for months.

while pornography is allowed in Australia, child pornography isn't. which could explain why border security did what they did to the SIA pilot.

by the way, border security in Australia have the right to check on your portable devices if they think you're suspicious or hiding something. of course you can always refuse the initial search, but that would probably make things more complicated later, especially if you are caught in possession of things that you shouldn't have. I for one have had my mobile phone searched through *SMSes and call history*, but this was two days before a nationwide mission that was launched against some terrorist cells.

[mwmf]

Agree, must hv been in their monitor list already ..

[AAconnection]

Besides now unlicense software will be deal with soon, if you travel to western countries.

[paradigm]

I think for that abit troublesome for them to boot up everybody's laptop to check .... queue will be :eek:

[AAconnection]

I think for that abit troublesome for them to boot up everybody's laptop to check .... queue will be :eek:

Custom may impose early check in for those with laptop and also to fill in declaration form for not pocessing unlicense software.

[analog]

Hey bros:

Couple of suggestions here:
1. Use linux. Any knob working for the customs dept. Would have ZERO idea how to log in, how to bring up X, how to check accounts on the machine or how to look for hidden directories,
2. Pgp my frieds, pgp.
3. Use one and two together.
:)
Jim

[binbin81]

hmmm..your suggestion may works...but they can ask you login on their behalf and assist them in folder opening/searching.As you are the owner,
You cant possible tell them you don;t know anything about linux.
Thus, unable to assist them in this matters.

[aiwo]

Haha, agree with binbin, if cannot access they ask you only. Worse, the more they cant access the more they suspect.

Anyway, if they do check thoroughly, they will definitely send some guys for training on how to check laptop ....

[virginboy]

Hey bros:

Couple of suggestions here:
1. Use linux. Any knob working for the customs dept. Would have ZERO idea how to log in, how to bring up X, how to check accounts on the machine or how to look for hidden directories,
2. Pgp my frieds, pgp.
3. Use one and two together.
:)
Jim

Set up truecrypt on the laptop. TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux (http://www.truecrypt.org/) Create an encrypted drive that can only be access with password. Very good for keeping confidential stuff. You'll need a technology geek to hack into it. Don't think the airport authority will have the doman knowledge to break it.

[Babbvbo]

Maybe because of the French air stewardess clip, so the airport watchdogs are on high alert.

[lonelybro]

i also believe tt it is based on tip offs & random checks, there is no way they would've known.

[Schmi]

Who don't such clips in the laptop. Other than kena marked, there's no way ot can be checked 100%.

[fiendish]

Dont think they can ever check all laptop .... eevn if they make you go there early, just imagine how many minutes just to check one laptop .... the only way is to random check, but it will still inconvenient passengers.

[Bramble]

I rem having to take my laptop out of the bag for customs (Aussie) to separately scan .... I suppose to see whether the internal electronics have been tampered with .... that already a hassle when there are a lot of people ...