Woman jailed 6 months for distributing obscene photos - TODAYonline

SINGAPORE — A 28-year-old woman was yesterday jailed six months by a district court for distributing obscene photographs that caused the victim to be sacked from her job.

Siti Nurazlin Samat pleaded guilty last month to providing false information to a public servant, as well as to distributing the obscene photographs.

She admitted that she had done so as she wanted to tarnish the victim's reputation.

The victim's identity cannot be revealed, but it is understood she was a co-curriculum programme executive at a secondary school.

In meting out the sentence, District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim said that Siti knew the gravity of what she had done and noted that the psychological impact on the victim was long-lasting.

Posing as a concerned parent, she sent four naked photographs of the victim to the principal of the secondary school. Siti, who had obtained the photos after posing as a male police officer who was interested in the victim, then lied to the principal about finding them in her son's maths textbook and that he had received them from the victim.

She then demanded that the victim's employment be terminated. As a result, the victim was dismissed from her position.

Siti, whose fiance used to be in a relationship with the victim, was upset as she felt his family preferred the victim to her and that they were constantly comparing her to the victim.

For giving false information to a public servant, Siti could have been jailed up to a year and fined. For distributing the obscene photos, she could have been jailed up to three months and fined.