January 16, 2007

Singapore : Surfing for Tammy NYP?

You'd better watch your step if you're surfing the internet for Tammy NYP (or anything else, for that matter) in Singapore. They have some pretty harsh penalties for "creative" methods of internet access over there:

A Singaporean teenager who illegally tapped into a neighbour's wireless Internet network - an offense the city-state deems punishable by jail - was placed on 18 months' probation by a district court on Tuesday.

The court also ordered Garyl Tan Jia Luo, 17, to carry out 80 hours of community service after he admitted linking his computer to his neighbour's wireless router to access the Internet without permission.

Tan could have been jailed up to three years and fined $S10,000. ...

[Judge] Reddy said Tan should seek "disciplined and structured psychiatric and psychological intervention" to cure his [internet] addiction.

His probation includes a total ban on internet access:
what's potentially worse is the fact that he is not allowed to access the internet during his stint. Apparently, the judge felt this was the best way to break him of his internet addiction...
OK, no word on whether Garyl Tan Jia Luo was surfing for Tammy NYP in particular, but I'll wager he was.


By Ragnar Danneskjold, R.I.N.O. Hunter at January 16, 2007 02:31 PM | | l digg this