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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: A college student’s indecent act in front of a webcam has come back to haunt him three years later.
The 22-year-old from Sarawak, identified only as Chong, said he befriended a man, in his 30s, in an online chat room during his first year in a college here.
“He wanted me to teach him how to masturbate and show him how to do it,” he said.
Chong masturbated in front of a webcam so that the man, known as Melvin, could see how it was done.
“But I did not know he recorded it and on March 14, he sent me a message asking me to have sex with him.
“He threatened to upload the recording on the Internet and asked for RM200 (S$86.20) after I rejected his request for sex,” he told a press conference organised by the MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau here yesterday.
Chong said Melvin came to his house to collect the money.
“He showed up again after two weeks and asked for more money,” he said, adding that he banked RM250 into Melvin’s account.
Chong said he did not lodge a police report or tell anyone about the recording and extortion as he was not sure what to do.
He decided to seek the help of bureau head Datuk Michael Chong because he was afraid that Melvin will continue asking for money.
When asked why he did what Melvin asked, Chong said he was naive and trusted people easily.
He said he stopped communicating with Melvin and did not reply to his messages after the masturbating incident because he felt something was not right.
Michael said last year, his bureau received five reports relating to online sex video clips and extortion.
He said five victims lost a total of RM570,000 to extortionists.
Early this year, a man was forced to pay RM4,600 to a woman who had his naked photos, he added.
