Arrested For Selling Pirated Movies
Friday, 23rd April 2010
Singapore Police napped 14 people, aged between 21 and 34 years old, for distribution of pirated movies at nine locations within Sim Lim Square. The police confiscated hard disks pre-loaded with pirate movies worth an estimated $160,000 on the streets. If found guilty of selling or distributing products that infringe copyright these 14 suspects could be fined up to $10,000 per article, with a maximum of $100,000 for all items, or they could be jailed for up to 5 years, or both.