Ringleader of largest copyright infringement case jailed 6 years
Published on May 17, 2012
By Elena Chong
A ringleader of a syndicate distributing pirated computer programs and films in the 1990s was jailed for six years on Thursday.
Ch'ng Kean Seng, 59, had admitted to nine charges of carrying on a business of distributing films; trying to distribute films without valid certificates; having obscene films and infringing articles for distribution; and abetting in the distribution of obscene films and uncertified films.
A district court heard that Ch'ng was facing various charges in 1998 when he absconded the following year to Malaysia. He remained in hiding until he was arrested by the Malaysian authorities and extradited back in July 2011.
Chn'g who had several people working alongside him, rented landed properties in the names of syndicate members to run his extensive illegal business and store counterfeit goods.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
