Since he was just 17, a Singaporean sexual predator has been targeting girls of various nationalities from the comfort of his home.
He befriended them based on common interests such as “anime” or “cosplay”, and then initiated conversations of a sexual nature before asking them to send him lewd pictures and videos of themselves. He also got them to perform sex acts in front of their web cameras.
The law finally caught up with Sebastian Lye Chee Weng in November 2018 after a 13-year-old victim in the United States told her guardian what he had done.
The American girl, who lived in Arlington, Texas, cannot be named due to a gag order to protect her identity.
On Wednesday, Lye, now 26, was jailed for eight months and two weeks after he pleaded guilty to one count each of sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of obscene films and criminal intimidation. Two other charges were taken into consideration.
The court heard on Wednesday that Lye got to know the victim on an online social media platform that allowed strangers to chat based on a set of common topics, the prosecution said.
