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18 Jan 2016

Man pleads guilty to blackmailing male teacher over gay relationship

A Singaporean man has extorted S$197,000 as well as luxury watches and handbags

On Tuesday Vincent Ng pleaded guilty to blackmailing a 45 year old teacher. He threatened to inform the Education Ministry and the victim’s school.

Gay sex is technically illegal in Singapore according to their outdated colonial era laws. However, it is rarely enforced.

Ng, who is himself married to a woman, met the teacher on TREVVY in 2013. He began demanding compensation for their meet ups.

The victim paid out over S$197,000 (US$137,000) over the course of a year. In 2014, stripped of his life savings, he went to the police.

It is reported by the prosecution that Ng has a gambling addiction. “Not satisfied with his ill-gotten gains when he first committed the offense, he continued to torment the victim in order to satiate his desire to gamble,” they said.

Ng faces up to seven years in jail and could be caned.

Reader's Comments

1. 2016-01-18 23:13  
I like this story.

Just goes to show that you can still be a nasty shit and be gay.
2. 2016-01-19 07:08  
I am so glad the teacher finally had the courage to go to the police and report this.
Maybe the court system and laws might change if more people came out.
3. 2016-01-19 08:55  
interesting.... wonder if it would have happened if singapore updated their "colonial era laws" to something a little more reasonable....
4. 2016-01-19 10:15  
@GTiLad You got it wrong!...that criminal who extort the teacher is married to a woman! Singaporeans would consider him "Straight"..But he is obviously Bi-Sexual! He is also obviously well aware of the anti-gay law in Singapore and using it to take advantage of others. However, to make this story more interesting....some news report also claim that the Teacher is married to a woman as well!!!

This is precisely the reason why that damned law must be repealed! If there is no official law that make MSM out to be criminals.....than there is nothing to extort. The teacher can have sex with either males or female without being fearful of being found out, as the school will have no reason to fire or terminate his employment! As what he does after school hours in his private life is his own business.
Comment edited on 2016-01-19 13:15:28
5. 2016-01-19 16:55  
No fitnfriendly, I got it right. The guy was gay acting and also has the capacity to be a nasty piece of work.

You can call him bisexual, gay, straight, married (to man or woman), it doesn't alter the fact of the black mail.

It's good to see equality at play.
6. 2016-01-19 16:56  
The image of the bag and watch for this article makes me laugh.

Gay= expensive fashion goods. Dear oh dear.
7. 2016-01-21 01:00  
Why shouldn't a gay man be a nasty guy?

GTLad always loves to find an angle to be bitchy, but here it is a bit far-fetched.
8. 2016-01-21 16:14  
Lol. I don't think you can call me bitchy for simply pointing out omitted facts.

Let's stop the over labelling and just be ourselves.
9. 2016-01-21 21:12  
where is the omitted fact here?

I am just myself, don't worry about me.
10. 2016-01-22 05:47  
Seeing as I filled in the omission there isn't one.

11. 2016-01-22 21:19  
good tightrope exercise!
12. 2016-01-23 06:33  
Nah. Most articles on here lack balance.
13. 2016-01-31 05:57  
Plenty of 'straight men' turn tricks with men when the need arises, monetary needs over ride ones assumed sexual orientation, if he is a gambling addict as stated he would have bonked a bloody horse if he thought he'd squeeze some cash out of it, it's what addicts do, so really we have two sad stories of two sad men living sad unsatisfactory lives hope they both can turn them selves around

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