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Reuters Singapore locks up US man for possessing porn Thu Aug 25,11:18 AM ET SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore police handcuffed and locked up a US ci tizen for bringing 58 pornographic DVDs and video CDs into the wealthy c ity-state when he moved to Singapore last year, a newspaper reported Thu rsday.
Click Here The Straits Times said Singapore state prosecutors had dropped charges of possessing uncertified and obscene films against Tran Nghia Hong after he presented them with a declaration by his brother, stating that he was missing "certain DVDs." The films, found by Singapore customs officers in a shipment of his belon gings from California, included titles such as "Frivolous Lola," "Copula tion Nation" and "Lord of the Strings." "I was handcuffed and put in a lock-up for four hours after I was charged ," the report quoted Tran, 35, as saying. Tran, a financial controller at US Internet equipment maker Cisco Syste ms, could have been fined up to S$500 for each disc, up to a maximum of S$20,000, or up to six months in prison, or both. Despite efforts to loosen some of its social controls, many tough rules r emain in Singapore. "Playboy" magazine is banned, while oral sex remains technically illegal under a law that says "whoever voluntarily has carn al intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal s" can be fined and jailed up to 10 years, or even for life. In recent years, Singapore has partially relaxed its famous ban on chewin g gum, allowed some bars to stay open for 24 hours and ended a ban on th e popular US sitcom "Sex and the City."
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