Going by the moniker “ItsmeDeedeeYourfrenlyfren” on Facebook and publicly proclaiming that he’d be willing to perform oral sex on any dude (and even pay them), a 38-year-old man has since been sentenced to 15 years in jail yesterday for having sex with 15 underaged boys.
According to a report on The Straits Times, Soffiyan Hamzah’s charges were extensive, to say the least. The Land Transport Authority security auditor pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual penetration involving minors below 16, with seven other similar charges taken into consideration at sentencing. This is on top of 68 other charges involving commercial sex with boys below the age of 18, as well as four counts of sexual grooming, and possessing 453 obscene films.
The man’s spree of preying on young boys lasted from mid-2015 to last March, and involved him arranging to meet them near MRT stations. The sexual encounters usually took place in a public toilet at Jurong’s JCube shopping mall, and some of Soffiyan’s victims were even given S$100 each after every rendezvous.
“The accused placed all of the victims at risk of harm by exposing them to the risk of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases as no protection was used for all of the sexual acts,” stated Deputy Public Prosecutor Gail Wong to the court, as quoted by ST.
Some of the acts Soffiyan was said to have carried out included:
- Instructing a then 14-year-old boy to pose like a porn star and snap pictures of his own private parts.
- Recording a video while performing oral sex on a then 17-year-old victim.
- Having one of his victims introduce the man to the boy’s younger brother (then 15). They met twice.
Soffiyan was finally nabbed in March last year when a teacher found out from the boy’s younger brother about the encounters.
