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2 hours ago, -Ignored- said:


“While living in the Eastern District of Kentucky, Farrera-Brochez sent links to the data from his e-mail account to several news outlets. He also sent e-mails to several government officials in Singapore containing links to the data.” 
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/mikhy-brochez-charged-in-kentucky-court-for-unlawful-possession-11282458

 

And this is what I tried to point out earlier.

 

He did not put the information online for the public (everyone) to read but he sent bits of information from the data leak to media personnel, and government officials.

 

That is a big difference. it is not like the previous data leaks where the information is posted somewhere on the internet for everyone to look into it. (like the leak mentioned below).

 

The intention of Brochez on this is, to

 

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16 minutes ago, -Ignored- said:

it is NOT legal to send bits and pcs of info too, this is not a game of jigsaw puzzle

 

it is a violation of the Official Secrets Act of Singapore.

 

However, this Act does not stretch to the United States. There is no jurisdiction to prosecute Brochez in the US under this Act.

 

And in Singapore (strangely) he was never charged on the basis of violation of the Official Secrets Act. And why? was there not sufficient evidence that it was him who leaked into the data base? Is it not known who took the information from the HIV registry?

 

 

We will see or eventually we will never know at all....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Guest disclosed yourself said:

 

it is a violation of the Official Secrets Act of Singapore.

 

However, this Act does not stretch to the United States. There is no jurisdiction to prosecute Brochez in the US under this Act.

 

And in Singapore (strangely) he was never charged on the basis of violation of the Official Secrets Act. And why? was there not sufficient evidence that it was him who leaked into the data base? Is it not known who took the information from the HIV registry?

 

 

We will see or eventually we will never know at all....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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are u his BF?

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3 minutes ago, -Ignored- said:

are u his BF?

 

Nope, why should I be? He is married to a Singaporean. We all know who it is. but I m not him either.

 

I just believe in the innocence of people until proven guilty by a reliable trusted court.

As long as in Singapore there are no real "checks and balances" I may have my distrust into some areas of concern here.

 

It is too obvious to me that some people in Singapore like to paint him as a criminal and "pathological" liar to distract from their own wrongdoings.

 

I even found that digging out some post from a website in Hong Kong on him as a professional in child psychology services ridicolous

If Singapore had been honest, then they would have closed down and brought to court all those doubtful financial advisers, who operate in Singapore without a licence.

Have we read much about them? Is the government pursuing them here?

But they need to dig out some story from Hong Kong to even paint Brochez as what they intend for the Singaporeans to see him.

 

I have no connection to him. I never met him.

 

The previous access to such a confidential database was terrible negligent. Nobody wants to take charge on that.

Isn't Brochez and the doctor Ler somehow a scapegoat for the mistake of others.

I m very sure that Ler will get a higher punishment on appeal, because there are people who like to put the blame for this negligent handling to others (who just eventually abused it).

 

If we had an open media here? Would they had kept quiet in 2016 when the "leak" or the negligent handling of the database came to light? Was there a discussion about this?

 

I did not see it. Did you???

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of Kentucky
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 22, 2019

Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Identification Documents

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, of Winchester, Kentucky, was charged via criminal complaint today with the unlawful transfer of stolen identification documents and possession with intent to distribute these documents in violation of federal law.        

The criminal complaint alleges that Farrera-Borchez illegally possessed and intended to distribute data containing sensitive medical and other identifying information.   While living in the Eastern District of Kentucky, Farrera-Brochez sent links to the data from his e-mail account to several news outlets.   He also sent e-mails to several government officials in Singapore containing links to the data. 

Robert M. Duncan Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and James Robert Brown, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly announce this criminal complaint.  The investigation preceding the complaint was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

The Defendant’s next court appearance is currently scheduled for Wednesday, February 27, at 11:00am, in Lexington.

The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations.  The Defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.

 

 

 

 

 

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I personally think it won't happen. As to the information given, Brochez only sent bits of the data by email to government officials and media people. They should be aware that the disclosure is an offence and these people would involve the police on this directly. Brochez so far has never published the data somewhere online for anyone to access.

 

Should it really happen, then you should go to the police and report the incident.

You can always contact that Alvin Tan from AFA , he seems quite familiar with the case and should have researched what you can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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nvm , he is a perpetual liar and mentally unsound 

 

so he is doing all these to create threats to release his  husbd, it is good that his husbd shd be placed in a lockup too! 1 who exchanged his own blood sample to  help another to stay in sg
Dont forget brochez is reading gay forums too, let him defend himself here

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hiv-data-leak-mikhy-brochez-fbi-affidavit-11288754?cid=fbcna&fbclid=IwAR1F54UStHlTNwqA2I94uOd4Lbz4fvb49tPQC6uB92hrFFBwELJmkMVJsEE

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Will a moderator please restore order to this thread -- and by restore order -- I do NOT mean throw it into the Flaming Room! Nonetheless, what this topic has devolved into is a cesspool of ridiculousness, as well as a major insult to the serious breaches of privacy that Singapore's HIV+ citizens have been thrust into by the underhanded machinations of Brochez and Ler. Thanks in advance.

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On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2019 at 1:41 PM, Guest disclosed yourself said:

 

I personally think it won't happen. As to the information given, Brochez only sent bits of the data by email to government officials and media people. They should be aware that the disclosure is an offence and these people would involve the police on this directly. Brochez so far has never published the data somewhere online for anyone to access.

 

Should it really happen, then you should go to the police and report the incident.

You can always contact that Alvin Tan from AFA , he seems quite familiar with the case and should have researched what you can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THIS IS A LIE!

 

Brochez  did not only sent bits of the data by email to government officials and media people. The FBI affidavit already showed that there was at least one person whom the FBI had interviewed who was sent the link to access the data online! 
 

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/hiv-data-leak-mikhy-brochez-fbi-affidavit-11288754

 

Mikhy Brochez admits threatening Singapore Government over HIV data leak in FBI affidavit

Mikhy Farrera Brochez at the Clark County District Court in Winchester, Kentucky on Feb 18, 2019. (Photo: Chris Kenning) 

SINGAPORE: The United States citizen accused of sending out the personal information of thousands of people from Singapore’s HIV registry had threatened the Government he would make the data public if it did not release his husband.

 

In an affidavit filed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Chelsea Holliday on Feb 22, Mikhy Farrera-Brochez admitted he had come “into possession of the database in Singapore” and brought it to the US.

 

Brochez said he would hand over the database to the FBI if it could “convince the Government of Singapore to release his husband”, Singaporean doctor Ler Teck Siang.

 

“But if the Singaporean Government did not release Siang (Ler), he would release the database to the public,” Holliday wrote in her official report, which has been seen by Channel NewsAsia.

 

Holliday also said that Brochez advised her that he would "commit suicide" before he would turn over the database. 

Brochez has been charged in the US with the unlawful transfer of stolen identification documents and possession with intent to distribute these documents.

It is alleged that from June 2018 through to at least January 2019, Brochez, while living in Kentucky, had emailed links from the medical database to several media outlets, including Alvinology, Mothership, the Straits Times and CNN.

 

THREATS

 

In the affidavit, Holliday said the FBI had first come in contact with Brochez when he wrote to them via the FBI website in November last year.

 

He alleged Ler had “married him under false pretenses” and claimed he had been falsely imprisoned in Singapore.

 

Two agents from the FBI, including Holliday, met with Brochez.

 

"Brochez went on to accuse the Singapore Government of kidnapping, lying, forging documents, falsely imprisoning him, impersonating police officers and allowing Brochez to be raped in prison," said Holliday. "Brochez claims that he did not have HIV when he went to prison in Singapore, but contracted it there.

 

“Brochez was not able to offer proof or witnesses to any of the allegations that he made."

 

Holliday added: "(FBI agent James) Huggins and I advised him to contact me if he could provide proof. 

 

"We explained to him that the FBI could not begin an investigation into a foreign government based solely on his word and that there were likely jurisdictional boundaries as well.”

 

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has refuted his “baseless allegations” and called him a “pathological liar”.

 

Two months later, Brochez again contacted the FBI. 

 

Holliday said he refused to explain what he wanted from the FBI, but “appeared to be emotionally distressed and erratic”.

 

The FBI became aware of the data leak from Singapore’s HIV registry in February 2019. 

 

After a VICE News article was published the same month, in which he admitted to sharing the data with the press and Singaporean and American government, the FBI found several emails sent out by Brochez.

 

On Jan 22, Brochez had sent an email to the Singapore Government with his baseless accusations and links to an online platform, which he explained were links to the medical database, the affidavit said.

 

Several emails were also sent from his personal email to news outlets, before he warned in a Facebook post in February that he would continue to release the data unless Ler is released from prison.

 

MENTALLY UNWELL

 

On Feb 19, Holliday tried to get Brochez to come in for an interview, but he refused to, claiming the FBI was trying to set him up to be arrested by the Singapore Government.

 

Two days later, the agent spoke with Brochez’s mother, Teresa King, whom he had been living with after he was released from Singapore prison.

 

“King advised that her son was mentally ill and she was extremely afraid of him,” Holliday said.

 

She also told the FBI her son had sent her a link from his email to the stolen database, and she deleted it because she did not want to be in possession of it.

 

“King also explained that Brochez admitted to her that he emailed links to the database to the Supreme Court in Singapore and Singaporean diplomats,” the affidavit said.

 

On that same day, the FBI found out that Brochez might be in Jackson, Kentucky, and he was detained and interviewed by the FBI.

 

“During this interview, Brochez admitted to coming into possession of the database in Singapore then bringing it into the United States,” Holliday wrote.

 

He admitted to sending the database because he wanted to “clear his name” and to get Ler released.

 

Brochez, who had worked in Singapore as a psychology lecturer, was sentenced in 2017 to 28 months in jail on drug and fraud charges, including for using a fake blood test to lie about his HIV-positive status and gain an employment pass.

 

His partner Ler had access to the HIV registry as part of his work as the former head of the National Public Health Unit. The pair started living together in Singapore in 2008, and were married in New York City in 2014.

 

Singapore's Health Ministry announced on Jan 28 that Brochez, who was deported last April, had leaked online information from Singapore’s HIV registry. That included names, phone numbers, addresses, test results and medical information.

 

He is now wanted in connection with the data leak that includes 5,400 Singaporeans diagnosed with HIV from 1985 to January 2013 and 8,800 foreigners, including work and visit pass applicants and holders, diagnosed with HIV from 1985 to December 2011.

 

Brochez will appear before court in Kentucky on Feb 27.

 

 

 

 

This entire thread has been derailed simply because of one liar who keeps trying to defend Brochez in the face of all evidence stacked against him.

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Latest on the HIV information leak at MOH. Such threads deserves its place in the Main Forum, and for Members to post using Guest accounts for anonymity. Let's just hope that the Guest disclosed yourself do not come in here this time to disrupt the entire thread, trying to defend Brochez baselessly, claiming that he is innocent of the leaks. The entire thread will be thrown into the Flaming Room again, all thanks to his doing. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mikhy-farrera-brochez-ordered-return-hiv-data-to-singapore-11314944

 

US court orders Mikhy Brochez to 'immediately' return HIV data to Singapore authorities

 

 

SINGAPORE: American Mikhy Farrera Brochez was ordered by a US court on Monday (Mar 4) to "immediately" surrender to Singapore's authorities the data obtained from the HIV registry and all other confidential information.

 

The 34-year-old has been given a Mar 29 deadline to "permanently delete" from any computer, device, storage media or website the information obtained from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Prisons Service, court documents said.

 

This follows MOH's application on Feb 14 for a preliminary injunction and a restraining order to stop Brochez from leaking more data. A temporary restraining order was granted on Feb 19.

 

In granting the preliminary injunction on Monday, the court also directed Brochez to remove all online posts and references relating to the data and prove that he has done so by Mar 29. 

 

Brochez has been accused of leaking the data of 14,200 people whose personal details are stored in the confidential registry.

 

It is alleged that from June 2018 through to at least January 2019, Brochez, while living in Kentucky, had emailed links from the medical database to several media outlets, including Alvinology, Mothership, the Straits Times and CNN.

 

In an interview with news outlet VICE, he also asked if it would “harm their story” if he released the names.

 

On Feb 16, the 34-year-old sent a list containing the NRIC numbers of 13 HIV-positive people to Singapore authorities and media outlets.

 

He previously told the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) he would leak more names and information if the Singapore Government did not release his husband, Singaporean doctor Ler Teck Siang.

 

District Judge Danny Reeves also ordered anyone who received the data from Brochez to permanently destroy the information.

 

The judge said: “Any agent, representative, companion, friend or acquaintance of the defendant [Brochez] in possession of the confidential, sensitive, or private information obtained by the defendant from the Singapore Government … shall delete and remove any and all confidential information in his/her/its possession or power, including copies saved or uploaded on any online website, platform, or other database.”

 

THOSE IDENTIFIED COULD HAVE BEEN HARMED

 

MOH had, in its application, told the court those identified by Brochez could “be harmed” if their data was leaked.

 

In the grounds to his decision, Judge Reeves wrote: “The MOH asserted that the individuals on the HIV registry would face irreparable injury because dissemination of the information could lead to their losing jobs and insurance coverage.

 

“Likewise, the MOH contends that the stigmatisation associated with HIV in Singapore may lead to other harms as a result of being identified as being infected with HIV.”

 

The court said it is “likely” Brochez had broken US law, not just Singapore law, when he leaked the information.

 

“Brochez has shown that he is willing and capable of giving unreasonable publicity to another’s private life because he has disclosed the prisons list to news outlets,” the judge wrote.

 

“The information on the prisons list involves confidential information about prisoners’ private lives.

 

“And simply put, if this information is not recovered but further disseminated it will continue to give unreasonable publicity to the individuals’ private affairs.”  

 

The court also heard it would be likely Brochez would “continue in his efforts to disseminate this information if a preliminary injunction is not entered”, and had repeatedly threatened to do so.

 

DETAINED

 

Brochez, who is currently held at the Fayette County Detention Centre, is facing charges for the unlawful transfer of stolen identification documents and possession with intent to distribute them.

 

The FBI has also filed two additional charges of transmitting threats for purposes of extortion and illegally transferring the identification of another person in connection with an unlawful activity.

 

Those charges carry a possible combined sentence of seven years in prison, and prosecutors could seek more.

 

A grand jury is set to be called to consider whether to indict him on federal charges, and it could take several weeks or longer before a decision is made.

 

Source: CNA/mi(mn)

 

 

 

 

 

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Simeone is going to plead the first and fifth amendment to the American constitution as a defence.

 

Ppl can get away with murder just by pleading the first and fifth amendment.

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This Mikhy Brochez really deserves all the punishment he is getting. Jailing him here and then deporting him back was letting him oft too easy already. Our laws should have been changed to allow the rotan on him. To think there are forummers here who can put up a fight for an asshole like that is unphatomable. 

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Looks like stealing and releasing data is a trend and it tend to be of a senior level(giving them the access or authority is not equivalent to allowing u to have personal access)
The director of the Neuroscience Clinic at the National University Hospital (NUH) has been fined $50,000 for breaching medical confidentiality.  

even though it was unitntentional, if a director is unclear, how does he/she teach his subordinates?

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/nuh-clinic-director-fined-50000-for-revealing-patients-confidential-medical?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=STFB&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0jw3jHAx8nOpLoKNh087LT7ZBeZ1yDYRy3JjqC3cf4O-FAObOnrbLB5NE#Echobox=1551916946

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Mikhy Brochez admits threatening Singapore Government over HIV data leak in FBI affidavit

CNN 26 Feb 2019 08:46AM

 

SINGAPORE: The United States citizen accused of sending out the personal information of thousands of people from Singapore’s HIV registry had threatened the Government he would make the data public if it did not release his husband.

In an affidavit filed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Chelsea Holliday on Feb 22, Mikhy Farrera-Brochez admitted he had come “into possession of the database in Singapore” and brought it to the US.

 

Brochez said he would hand over the database to the FBI if it could “convince the Government of Singapore to release his husband”, Singaporean doctor Ler Teck Siang.

“But if the Singaporean Government did not release Siang (Ler), he would release the database to the public,” Holliday wrote in her official report, which has been seen by Channel NewsAsia.

Holliday also said that Brochez advised her that he would "commit suicide" before he would turn over the database. 

 

Brochez has been charged in the US with the unlawful transfer of stolen identification documents and possession with intent to distribute these documents.

It is alleged that from June 2018 through to at least January 2019, Brochez, while living in Kentucky, had emailed links from the medical database to several media outlets, including Alvinology, Mothership, the Straits Times and CNN.

 

THREATS

In the affidavit, Holliday said the FBI had first come in contact with Brochez when he wrote to them via the FBI website in November last year.

He alleged Ler had “married him under false pretenses” and claimed he had been falsely imprisoned in Singapore.

Two agents from the FBI, including Holliday, met with Brochez.

 

"Brochez went on to accuse the Singapore Government of kidnapping, lying, forging documents, falsely imprisoning him, impersonating police officers and allowing Brochez to be raped in prison," said Holliday. "Brochez claims that he did not have HIV when he went to prison in Singapore, but contracted it there.

“Brochez was not able to offer proof or witnesses to any of the allegations that he made."

Holliday added: "(FBI agent James) Huggins and I advised him to contact me if he could provide proof. 

"We explained to him that the FBI could not begin an investigation into a foreign government based solely on his word and that there were likely jurisdictional boundaries as well.”

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has refuted his “baseless allegations” and called him a “pathological liar”.

 

Two months later, Brochez again contacted the FBI. 

Holliday said he refused to explain what he wanted from the FBI, but “appeared to be emotionally distressed and erratic”.

The FBI became aware of the data leak from Singapore’s HIV registry in February 2019. 

After a VICE News article was published the same month, in which he admitted to sharing the data with the press and Singaporean and American government, the FBI found several emails sent out by Brochez.

 

On Jan 22, Brochez had sent an email to the Singapore Government with his baseless accusations and links to an online platform, which he explained were links to the medical database, the affidavit said.

Several emails were also sent from his personal email to news outlets, before he warned in a Facebook post in February that he would continue to release the data unless Ler is released from prison.

 

MENTALLY UNWELL

On Feb 19, Holliday tried to get Brochez to come in for an interview, but he refused to, claiming the FBI was trying to set him up to be arrested by the Singapore Government.

Two days later, the agent spoke with Brochez’s mother, Teresa King, whom he had been living with after he was released from Singapore prison.

“King advised that her son was mentally ill and she was extremely afraid of him,” Holliday said.

She also told the FBI her son had sent her a link from his email to the stolen database, and she deleted it because she did not want to be in possession of it.

“King also explained that Brochez admitted to her that he emailed links to the database to the Supreme Court in Singapore and Singaporean diplomats,” the affidavit said.

On that same day, the FBI found out that Brochez might be in Jackson, Kentucky, and he was detained and interviewed by the FBI.

“During this interview, Brochez admitted to coming into possession of the database in Singapore then bringing it into the United States,” Holliday wrote.

He admitted to sending the database because he wanted to “clear his name” and to get Ler released.

Brochez, who had worked in Singapore as a psychology lecturer, was sentenced in 2017 to 28 months in jail on drug and fraud charges, including for using a fake blood test to lie about his HIV-positive status and gain an employment pass.

His partner Ler had access to the HIV registry as part of his work as the former head of the National Public Health Unit. The pair started living together in Singapore in 2008, and were married in New York City in 2014.

 

Singapore's Health Ministry announced on Jan 28 that Brochez, who was deported last April, had leaked online information from Singapore’s HIV registry. That included names, phone numbers, addresses, test results and medical information.

He is now wanted in connection with the data leak that includes 5,400 Singaporeans diagnosed with HIV from 1985 to January 2013 and 8,800 foreigners, including work and visit pass applicants and holders, diagnosed with HIV from 1985 to December 2011.

Brochez will appear before court in Kentucky on Feb 27.

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I sure hope they throw the law books kaw kaw at this loonie bin brochek, and later thar Ler guy need to publicly aplogize even if he was duped by this loonie brichek to have given access to this info.

 

 

the lives of innocent ppl were broken , and had sleepless nights.

 

right from the beginning  this loonie brochek wasca pathological liar.

 

like those love scammers, 

 

instead of money to scam he scammed a livelihood.

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yes and do u even read the comments on the fb (they r accurately commented)
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ler-teck-siang-appeal-hiv-status-lie-mikhy-brochez-moh-11330682?cid=FBcna&fbclid=IwAR2Oz5TPkdtWCa8lNUChM8j_Ae4IHEYjENSR8KnjAMF3xUggcQP8adEvGM8

it is a shame that Ler is lying thru his teeth, most commented
He is being judged not because of his orientation but of his dishonesty
 

 

 


i m not surprised that some of the guests might be friends of those lunatic liars 

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On 2/26/2019 at 9:14 AM, -Ignored- said:

nvm , he is a perpetual liar and mentally unsound 

 

 

God forbids how many more such foreign  talents still remains in singapore.

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they r cutting down on foreigners (dont ever come crying that no1 is serving u @ F&B outlets etc, all the cheap-rate masseurs of your favourite massage joint wii be sent home)
drc-changes.png
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/budget-2019-foreign-worker-quota-in-services-sector-to-be-cut-to-11252904
(to win votes)
with stiffer rules

https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/parliament-stiffer-salary-rules-for-companies-to-hire-foreign-workers

https://www.mom.gov.sg/about-us/budget-highlights-2019





but if u r saying how many HIV foreigners still in sg, then i wont know

 

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Before I start of, I would like to state that I trust in the principle of "innocent until proven guilty".

What many resorted to here was pre-judging and pre-condemning people without knowledge of the backgrounds or facts.

 

Initially, there has not been any concrete information on the background. It always said "leaked online"

 

I never said anywhere that I thought that Brochez was not the person behind contacting the government and other institutions regarding the HIV data from the registry.

 

If you scroll back you would even see that I spoke that Brochez probably used the data to "negotiate" with the Singapore government about something.

That was a good conclusion which I made because the question was always : Why did Brochez put the data up? Why did he come out now?

As we know now, he used it to threaten the government to release his husband and the information from the HIV registry was something sort of a bargaining chip.

 

Third, there is still a difference, what I have stated many times, if Wikileaks puts information onto a website and any Tom and Jerry can access the information from the internet.

What happened in our case is, that Brochez had parked the information on his Google Drive account and permitted access to certain people (government officers from MOH, Court officers and some media people from that Alvinology, Straits Times, Mothership and CNA. Only those people who received his email were able to look into the Google Drive account. Oh, yes I forgot that his mother received an email as well.

Those who don't see these differences compared to a Wikileaks publication placing information on the general internet, which everybody having access to the data, might have problems in understanding what has happened.

His mother for sure would not have taken the data to cause any trouble to people affected in Singapore.

 

 

Further, someone called me a liar. But the fact remains that the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon.  Nobody is a liar who in no case had certain information or did not have access to information. My earlier posts where from 24 Feb and earlier, I was not privy to the information on the Google drive account. Even the information that Brochez sent an email with the link to the Google Drive to his mother was not known earlier.

 

 

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for update as nobody posted so far:

 

HIV data leak: Mikhy Farrera-Brochez slapped with 3 charges by US grand jury

Published

Mar 9, 2019, 3:02 am SGT

 

WASHINGTON - Mikhy Farrera-Brochez was formally charged by a grand jury in Kentucky on Thursday over offences related to stolen identification documents from Singapore, bringing him one step closer to a trial.

The 34-year-old American was named by Ministry of Health (MOH) in January as the person behind the online leak of Singapore’s HIV registry.

Grand juries review evidence brought before them by prosecutors to decide if there is sufficient proof to formally charge a person, unlike regular juries which listen to evidence during a trial and decide if a defendant is guilty or not. 

 

If Farrera-Brochez pleads not guilty to the charges, his case will proceed to a regular jury trial.

The first charge, of intent to extort, centred on an e-mail Farrera-Brochez sent from Kentucky to Singapore on Jan 22. The e-mail contained a threat to injure the reputation of Singapore government officials and the Ministry of Health, according to the grand jury charges seen by The Sunday Times.

An affidavit from FBI special agent Chelsea Holliday said Farrera-Brochez asked the Singapore government to investigate crimes allegedly committed against him in Singapore.  He included in his e-mail several links to documents stored on Google Drive, which he said were links to the HIV registry.

 
 

The second charge of intent to extort involved another e-mail he sent on Feb 18 to Singapore officials.

Each charge carries a penalty of up to two years in jail, a fine of up to US$250,000 (S$340,000) and supervised release of up to one year.

Ms Holliday said Farrera-Brochez wrote in this e-mail that he would continue releasing the confidential information he had until the Singapore Government ended the HIV registry and released his husband, Dr Ler Teck Siang, “from the unlawful imprisonment based on false charges”.

Ler was convicted in 2016 of helping him give false information to the authorities and is appealing against the conviction.

 

 

On the same day he sent this second e-mail, Farrera-Brochez appeared in court in Winchester, Kentucky, to plead not guilty to an unrelated charge of criminal trespass.

He was arrested three days later, on Feb 21, in connection with the latest case.

The third charge, also focusing on his Jan 22 e-mail, related to his unlawfully transferring or possessing identification documents with the intent to extort. If convicted of this charge, he may be jailed up to five years, fined up to US$250,000 and be subject to supervision for up to three years after his release.

If convicted, Farrera-Brochez will also be ordered to surrender a list of property detailed by the grand jury, which includes two cellphones, two memory cards, a USB storage device, a flash drive and two external hard drives.

 

He must also give up his two Google mail accounts.

The grand jury singled out all these as having been used, or intended to be used, to commit his offences.

His preliminary hearing, known as an arraignment, is set for March 19. He will be read the charges against him and must plead guilty or not guilty. Farrera-Brochez has the right to a trial within 70 days of the arraignment. He is currently in federal custody.

He has been ordered to hand over all copies of confidential data to MOH and delete all such information still in his possession, under a separate civil lawsuit brought by MOH.

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HIV data leak: US trial date set for Mikhy Farrera-Brochez after he pleads not guilty

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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, the American at the centre of Singapore’s HIV database leak, pleaded not guilty to three charges related to stolen identification documents from Singapore on Tuesday (March 19) in a Kentucky federal court.

His not-guilty plea means the case will now proceed to trial on May 7.

The trial is expected to last three days, said United States government prosecutor Dmitriy Slavin.

 

Farrera-Brochez, 34, was named by the Ministry of Health as the person behind the online leak of Singapore’s HIV Registry in January. His partner, Singaporean doctor Ler Teck Siang, had access to the database as head of the National Public Health Unit.  

Farrera-Brochez was deported to the US in April 2018 after serving a jail sentence for fraud and drug-related offences.

The first two charges, of intent to extort, involve e-mails he sent this year threatening to release the HIV database and injure the reputation of the Singapore Government and its officials.

 
 

Each charge carries a penalty of up to two years in jail, a fine of up to US$250,000 (S$338,000) and supervised release of up to one year.

 

The third charge concerns his unlawful transfer or possession of identification documents with the intent to extort.

He may be jailed up to five years, fined up to US$250,000 and be subject to supervision for up to three years after his release, if found guilty of this charge.

He will also have to forfeit his mobile phones, electronic storage devices and e-mail accounts used to commit the crimes if found guilty.

After the court hearing, Farrera-Brochez’s lawyer Jay Oakley told The Straits Times that his client has the right to a trial if he is not happy with settlement offers put on the table by prosecutors.

“We’re preparing as if we’re going to trial,” said Mr Oakley. “Things appear to be directed that way.”

 

 

 

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Keep the bad news flowing about that demented criminal Brochez and his twisted accomplice Ler. They should both rot behind bars forever.

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On ‎3‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 8:20 PM, Guest disclosed yourself said:

Before I start of, I would like to state that I trust in the principle of "innocent until proven guilty".

What many resorted to here was pre-judging and pre-condemning people without knowledge of the backgrounds or facts.

 

Initially, there has not been any concrete information on the background. It always said "leaked online"

 

I never said anywhere that I thought that Brochez was not the person behind contacting the government and other institutions regarding the HIV data from the registry.

 

If you scroll back you would even see that I spoke that Brochez probably used the data to "negotiate" with the Singapore government about something.

That was a good conclusion which I made because the question was always : Why did Brochez put the data up? Why did he come out now?

As we know now, he used it to threaten the government to release his husband and the information from the HIV registry was something sort of a bargaining chip.

 

Third, there is still a difference, what I have stated many times, if Wikileaks puts information onto a website and any Tom and Jerry can access the information from the internet.

What happened in our case is, that Brochez had parked the information on his Google Drive account and permitted access to certain people (government officers from MOH, Court officers and some media people from that Alvinology, Straits Times, Mothership and CNA. Only those people who received his email were able to look into the Google Drive account. Oh, yes I forgot that his mother received an email as well.

Those who don't see these differences compared to a Wikileaks publication placing information on the general internet, which everybody having access to the data, might have problems in understanding what has happened.

His mother for sure would not have taken the data to cause any trouble to people affected in Singapore.

 

 

Further, someone called me a liar. But the fact remains that the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon.  Nobody is a liar who in no case had certain information or did not have access to information. My earlier posts where from 24 Feb and earlier, I was not privy to the information on the Google drive account. Even the information that Brochez sent an email with the link to the Google Drive to his mother was not known earlier.

 

 

 

I happened to chance upon this post made by the BAREFACE LIAR Guest disclosed yourself in which he claimed that the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon AFTER he himself made the post below himself on the 23 Feb 2019.

 

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 5:43 PM, Guest disclosed yourself said:
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of Kentucky
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 22, 2019

Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Identification Documents

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, of Winchester, Kentucky, was charged via criminal complaint today with the unlawful transfer of stolen identification documents and possession with intent to distribute these documents in violation of federal law.        

The criminal complaint alleges that Farrera-Borchez illegally possessed and intended to distribute data containing sensitive medical and other identifying information.   While living in the Eastern District of Kentucky, Farrera-Brochez sent links to the data from his e-mail account to several news outlets.   He also sent e-mails to several government officials in Singapore containing links to the data. 

Robert M. Duncan Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and James Robert Brown, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly announce this criminal complaint.  The investigation preceding the complaint was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

The Defendant’s next court appearance is currently scheduled for Wednesday, February 27, at 11:00am, in Lexington.

The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations.  The Defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.

 

 

 

 

 

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The news  on 23 Feb 19 didn't say anything detailed about the link to a google drive and not that he even sent an email to his mother.

 

Go on disrupting the thread here with your destructive trolling posts.

 

The thread here is not about me or your war against me.

But you don't understand this. You are only deviating from the actual discussion here and only trying to frame other people.

 

Your personal war against me doesn't serve the discussion nor the guys involved from the leak.

 

 

 

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56 minutes ago, Guest disclosed yourself said:

The news  on 23 Feb 19 didn't say anything detailed about the link to a google drive and not that he even sent an email to his mother.

 

Go on disrupting the thread here with your destructive trolling posts.

 

The thread here is not about me or your war against me.

But you don't understand this. You are only deviating from the actual discussion here and only trying to frame other people.

 

Your personal war against me doesn't serve the discussion nor the guys involved from the leak.

 

 

 

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Everyone and anyone who comes onto this forum, in particular this thread, should be made aware of the kind of LYING that you will do to protect foreigners like #Brochez. You will go even to the extent of lying about the fact that  "the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon" AFTER you yourself re-posted information on the 23 Feb 2019 indicating that the information was already out on the internet before 23 Feb 2019.  Now, are you trying to retreat and claim that these are not your words when you say "the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon"? 

 

It is not just the BW community here, but it is the entire world who deserves to know the type of bareface liar you are over here on this forum. No wonder you have no guts to post using any one of your Member's names. Hahahahahahaha ..... 

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5 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

 

. No wonder you have no guts to post using any one of your Member's names. Hahahahahahaha ..... 

 

But you never created any Member account for Blowing Wind and keep on posting from the dark as a Guest for many years. For more than 7 years you have the guts not to post as a Member here too. Therefore, your argument goes fail.

I don't need to suffer your baseless accusations here. You are still not responding to the topic of this thread but just using yours posts to frame me negatively and to attack me personally.

Your obsessive behaviour in attacking people here is virulent and obvious. Don't think the Blowing Wind community does not recognise this.

 

I made clear at many parts of this thread that I do not defend someone like Brochez, but I respect the principle of "innocent until proven guilty". But this is something which is too difficult for you to understand.

 

1) Show me please when the detail of the google drive was made public? On what date? Please respond.

2) When was the information made public that Brochez even sent an email with the link to this own mother? On what date? Please respond.

 

This information was only made public on 26 February 2019 and not any time earlier.

 

 

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But you never created any Member account for Blowing Wind and keep on posting from the dark as a Guest for many years. For more than 7 years you have the guts not to post as a Member here too. Therefore, your argument goes fail.

I don't need to suffer your baseless accusations here. You are still not responding to the topic of this thread but just using yours posts to frame me negatively and to attack me personally.

Your obsessive behaviour in attacking people here is virulent and obvious. Don't think the Blowing Wind community does not recognise this.

 

I made clear at many parts of this thread that I do not defend someone like Brochez, but I respect the principle of "innocent until proven guilty". But this is something which is too difficult for you to understand.

 

1) Show me please when the detail of the google drive was made public? On what date? Please respond.

2) When was the information made public that Brochez even sent an email with the link to this own mother? On what date? Please respond.

 

This information was only made public on 26 February 2019 and not any time earlier.

 

 

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Trying to divert attention away from your blatant lies again? So, now you want people to provide you with evidences to show you when the detail of the google drive was made public, and when was the information made public that Brochez even sent an email with the link to this own mother, when THE CASE AGAINST YOU IS YOUR BAREFACE BLATANT LIE OF CLAIMING THAT the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon 

 

On ‎3‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 8:20 PM, Guest disclosed yourself said:

Further, someone called me a liar. But the fact remains that the information on how Brochez spread the information to government officers and media people in Singapore was only out on a late stage (26 Feb 2019) afternoon. 

 

 

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On 3/25/2019 at 4:56 PM, Guest disclosed yourself said:

I don't need to suffer your baseless accusations here. You are still not responding to the topic of this thread but just using yours posts to frame me negatively and to attack me personally.

Your obsessive behaviour in attacking people here is virulent and obvious. Don't think the Blowing Wind community does recognise this.

 

I made clear at many parts of this thread that I do not defend someone like Brochez, but I respect the principle of "innocent until proven guilty". But this is something which is too difficult for you to understand.

 

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XX pointed out that even trial judges do not get access to a defendant’s criminal records until guilt is proven as it would be prejudicial.

“Whoever made the decision to release this person’s records should really start thinking about whether it’s correct or not to begin with. Whether you have a previous record may be relevant to the police investigation, but from the information disclosed, it does not seem relevant to the current matter,” said XX, who is also president of Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore but was speaking in his private capacity.

When asked about the police calling the man a security concern, XX said, “Certainly, there are concerns to be raised, considering that this is the PM’s son and that there are security risks. But those investigations should be kept confidential at least until the matter goes to trial, if at all.”

He added, “Some people think that when you are charged or investigated, you are guilty, but in Singapore we still believe in the presumption of innocence.”

 

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So it wasn't bad enough that a Flaming Thread About The HIV Registry Leak was separated and thrown into the Flaming Room? Now the rest of the thread is also thrown into the Flaming Room? This is ridiculous and unacceptable! Please stop letting You-Know-Who cause legitimate threads to be thrown into the Flaming Room! Just move his offending post(s) from the legitimate thread to the flaming thread! Please put the rest of the thread back in the Main Forum! The HIV Registry Leak is, and will remain, an important issue to a not-insignificant segment of Singapore's LGBTQ Community!

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So it wasn't bad enough that a Flaming Thread About The HIV Registry Leak was separated and thrown into the Flaming Room? Now the rest of the thread is also thrown into the Flaming Room? This is ridiculous and unacceptable! Please stop letting You-Know-Who cause legitimate threads to be thrown into the Flaming Room! Just move his offending post(s) from the legitimate thread to the flaming thread! Please put the rest of the thread back in the Main Forum! The HIV Registry Leak is, and will remain, an important issue to a not-insignificant segment of Singapore's LGBTQ Community!

 

:clap::thumb: 

 

DY has shown herself to be a liar over the issue of when Brochez leaked the data.

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 kah kah kah, 

 

for DY,  i think he is learning it the hard way, 

 

 

that the more you stir the shit pit, the smellier it gets, 

 

I told you so, but u didnt want to listen.

 

serves you right.

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13 Feb 2019

 

Here’s the thing …

 

Brochez may be a liar and conspiracy theorist, wearing a tinfoil hit and trying to talk his way out of multiple crimes. However, his statements, compared against MOH’s, do raise some questions about the entire sequence of events.

Firstly, when Brochez revealed that Ler had possession of screenshots of the database as early as 2012, why were the police not involved? Even if, as MOH officials say, Brochez evaded questioning, the suspicion of such a confidential data breach should have been reported. If government agencies are going to tell us to report our slightest suspicions to the police, they should be held to the same standard.

Secondly, when the MOH ordered Brochez to take a blood test in 2014, and he refused, why was no action taken from 2014 to 2016? Surely it was a matter for concern then, as Brochez had refused an order by the Ministry?

Thirdly, how was MOH made aware of the database leak in 2016 and 2019?

In 2016, it said it had ‘suspicions’ that Brochez had the data. Brochez claims this is because he himself reported to MOH on the database leak. In 2019, the police informed MOH of the leak, which Brochez says he sent, in an email, to the Supreme Court. He also sent this link to journalists, who he trusted to ‘not reveal the data’ and instead report on the registry.

 

One thing’s for certain: Brochez is many things, but he did not aim to expose the data, or the records of HIV individuals. If anything, he saw himself as a Snowden-like whistleblower, bringing Singapore’s ‘shady’ government practices into the light. He did not ‘leak’, so much as inform the government that he had this data. Similar to Snowden, he set out to prove that recording such private data was immoral and could be misused.

 

 

https://ricemedia.co/current-affairs-commentary-mikhy-brochez-hiv-data-leak/

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13 Feb 2019

 

Here’s the thing …

 

Brochez may be a liar and conspiracy theorist, wearing a tinfoil hit and trying to talk his way out of multiple crimes. However, his statements, compared against MOH’s, do raise some questions about the entire sequence of events.

Firstly, when Brochez revealed that Ler had possession of screenshots of the database as early as 2012, why were the police not involved? Even if, as MOH officials say, Brochez evaded questioning, the suspicion of such a confidential data breach should have been reported. If government agencies are going to tell us to report our slightest suspicions to the police, they should be held to the same standard.

Secondly, when the MOH ordered Brochez to take a blood test in 2014, and he refused, why was no action taken from 2014 to 2016? Surely it was a matter for concern then, as Brochez had refused an order by the Ministry?

Thirdly, how was MOH made aware of the database leak in 2016 and 2019?

In 2016, it said it had ‘suspicions’ that Brochez had the data. Brochez claims this is because he himself reported to MOH on the database leak. In 2019, the police informed MOH of the leak, which Brochez says he sent, in an email, to the Supreme Court. He also sent this link to journalists, who he trusted to ‘not reveal the data’ and instead report on the registry.

 

One thing’s for certain: Brochez is many things, but he did not aim to expose the data, or the records of HIV individuals. If anything, he saw himself as a Snowden-like whistleblower, bringing Singapore’s ‘shady’ government practices into the light. He did not ‘leak’, so much as inform the government that he had this data. Similar to Snowden, he set out to prove that recording such private data was immoral and could be misused.

 

 

https://ricemedia.co/current-affairs-commentary-mikhy-brochez-hiv-data-leak/

 

People can still use an article from 13 Feb 2019 to defend Brochez, when a lot more information about the case has been released since then. If there is anyone who are still not very current on the news, please feel free to look back at the posts here and see for yourself. But otherwise, there's only one super troll here on BW who still think Brochez is innocent right now. All his other rah-rah supporters have left the super troll bleeding under the bus after the Moderator have ticked him off. 

 

And by the way, Snowden is gettIng evicted out from Ecuador embassy already. 

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And by the way, Snowden is gettIng evicted out from Ecuador embassy already.

 

Stop pretending to know things ... Snowden has NEVER been to the Ecuadorian Embassy ... the date rapist who has been hiding out in the Ecuadorian Embassy for the last several years is Assange, whose website Wikileaks conspired with Russia to help DJT steal the 2016 US Election from HRC, and should have faced justice a long time ago.

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Sim Eng Chee (left) testified yesterday that he and his sexual partners had received drug injections from Ler Teck Siang.

Sim Eng Chee (above) testified yesterday that he and his sexual partners had received drug injections from Ler Teck Siang.PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW, ST FILE

Tutor says he hired Ler Teck Siang to inject drugs before group sex

Before having group sex with other men, tutor Sim Eng Chee would often hire Ler Teck Siang - the doctor at the centre of the HIV registry data leak - to inject drugs into him and occasionally his "sex buddies", a district court heard yesterday.

 

Sim, a former drug abuser, testified that he had hired Ler to provide "outcall" services for him and his sexual partners for more than six months before both of them were arrested on March 2 last year.

Ler is on trial for allegedly abetting Sim in consuming methamphetamine on Feb 26 last year, and for possessing drug-related utensils on March 2.

 

Speaking on the third day of Ler's trial, Sim said he would even engage Ler twice a day for "slamming", street slang for the administering of illegal drugs by injection.

He added that he had first heard of Ler, whom he knew as Todd, through his "sex buddies" some time in the second half of 2017.

Sim was referred to Ler on Grindr, an app for gay people to meet one another, and later contacted Ler to ask if he provided "slamming" services.

 
He told the court that he preferred to have someone else do it for him as it was "less stressful".

Sim began engaging Ler - who went by the moniker Altitude - to inject methamphetamine, which he described as a sexual stimulant.

Sim said he rarely felt discomfort as Ler was professional in administering the drugs. "Even after he missed (a vein), he could give me a solid explanation of why he wasn't able to perform up to expectations."

A session typically cost $40 and Sim would also reimburse Ler for his transport costs, he said.

Occasionally, Ler asked him for a substance called "G water", which Sim said would "lift the high" of other drugs such as Ecstasy.

He gave Ler bottles of "G water" in lieu of payment for his services.

 

On Feb 26 last year, Sim engaged Ler again for a "slamming" session at Swissotel The Stamford, where he had booked a room for a romp with two men. Ler left after administering the drug, he said.

 

On March 2, Sim had another session, this time at the Conrad Centennial Singapore. He went to buy drugs in Geylang, and lined up sexual partners by reaching out to people on Grindr and his own contact list.

Again, he contacted Ler for "slamming" services, but both were arrested in the hotel lobby instead.

Sim, who was jailed on Sept 24 last year for his drug offences, is now serving the rest of his sentence in a halfway house.

 

Ler is serving a two-year jail sentence for cheating-related offences he committed while helping his American partner Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, who is HIV-positive, to deceive the authorities into letting him work here.

 

Ler also faces a charge under the Official Secrets Act relating to the HIV data registry leak, and another for failing to give a urine sample to Central Narcotics Bureau officers.

Both charges have been stood down for now.

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/doctor-hiv-data-leak-meth-injections-client-grindr-sex-drugs-11708612

 

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Doctor in HIV data leak allegedly gave meth injections to client he met on Grindr

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Ler Teck Siang leaving the High Court during his appeal against his conviction and sentence for cheating offences. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan)

 

SINGAPORE: The man that Ler Teck Siang - the Singaporean doctor at the centre of the HIV data leak in Singapore - is accused of administering drugs to took the witness stand for the prosecution in an ongoing trial on Wednesday (Jul 10), describing how he came to know of the doctor at a sex and drug session.

Sim Eng Chee, 44, who is currently on home detention for consumption and possession of methamphetamine, described to the court how he came to have a "friendly" client-service provider relationship with Ler involving "slamming services", slang for the intravenous injection of drugs.

 

Ler, the former head of the Ministry of Health's National Public Health Unit, is contesting two charges: One for administering methamphetamine to Sim in a hotel room on Feb 26 last year, and another for possessing drug utensils.

At the time of his alleged drug-related offences, Ler was facing criminal proceedings for helping his romantic partner Mikhy Farrera Brochez dupe the Ministry of Manpower so that the American could work in Singapore.

 

Sim, who was a tutor and consultant earning S$7,000 to S$10,000 a month at the time, told the court that he came to know of Ler at a "session" where two or more "sex buddies" met to take drugs and engage in sexual activities.

Sim noticed that his sex partner had a high that was not achievable by smoking meth through a bong, and asked him about it.

Sim then found out that Ler had performed slamming services for his partner. Sim explained that intravenous injection of meth gives a high that is not only immediate, but 10 times stronger than smoking the drug.

Sim then asked for Ler's contact, and was given Ler's profile on Grindr - an app for gay men.

He later contacted Ler on Grindr, who identified himself as Todd, and "established that indeed such a service could be provided".

SIM BEGAN ENGAGING LER'S SLAMMING SERVICES

Sim, who introduced himself as Jet, subsequently engaged Ler's slamming services and found him "very professional".

Sim told the court that he began abusing drugs from end-2016 and took drugs including meth, ketamine, ecstasy, weed, LSD and cocaine.

According to Sim, Ler's nickname on his Grindr profile once read "Help is here", which he took to mean that "help for slamming is here".

The two men communicated via the Line chat application, with Ler known as Altitude on the app, Sim said.

Sim told the court that Ler would then make "outcalls" to Sim's location in order to administer drugs to him via injection, for S$30 to S$50 per session after factoring in transport costs and discounts.

Ler offered a 50 per cent discount for a second "slam" within 24 hours of the first one, Sim said.

 

Sim contacted Ler only for slamming services. In some of his messages to Ler, Sim would specify the amount of meth he wished to be placed in the needle of the syringe - 0.33g in one instance - as well as how many people would be engaging Ler's services.

He would at times hire Ler for the services of two people - for himself and for a "play" partner.

 

SIM ONCE OFFERED TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH LER

Although Sim had once offered to "play" - referring to engaging in sexual activity post-drug session - with Ler, this was only out of "politeness" and never occurred, as Sim wanted to maintain a "professional" relationship with Ler.

"Since he will be there to inject me, I don't mind him staying around to play if he's open to it," said Sim. "Because I think if we engage in drugs and the sexual activities that follow, inhibitions will be removed and we are technically quite fine with having sex with everyone."

In messages Sim exchanged with Ler, the court heard that Ler allegedly had other clients he provided slamming services to, and also engaged in "play" himself.

Sim also engaged Ler's legitimate medical services on one occasion. In December 2017, he went to a clinic in Tampines where Ler was a locum and sought medical attention for a cough and a wound on his arm that would not heal.

The wound was not from the point of injection, said Sim, but he guessed that the meth-taking had aggravated it and felt that seeing Ler for it would be a "more prudent choice".

In subsequent slamming sessions, Ler cleaned his dressing and checked the wound for free "out of goodwill", said Sim, who is now a management trainee at a food and beverage outlet.

 

SIM KEPT DRUGS HE BOUGHT FROM GEYLANG IN HOTEL ROOM

The court was shown closed circuit television footage of a man that Sim identified as Ler entering Swissotel The Stamford on Feb 26 last year.

CCTV footage was also shown of Ler taking a lift with Sim and a man that Sim identified as his sex buddy. The three men then entered a hotel room where another sex partner of Sim's was waiting.

In the room, Sim kept drugs including meth, ecstasy and ketamine in Ziploc bags. He said he had bought the drugs from Geylang in end-2017, and would usually purchase meth in bulk, spending more than S$2,000 a time.

Ler was arrested with Sim at the Conrad Centennial Singapore on Mar 2 last year, after hotel staff found drug-related items in Sim's room.

A syringe, two straws and a bottle were seized from Ler, while two packets of crystalline substances later found to be meth were seized from Sim.

Sim told the court that when when he saw the Central Narcotics Bureau officers, he felt "doomed" as he had bought a large amount of drugs that he was carrying with him and knew that he had to face the consequences for his actions.

 

LER CONDUCTS OWN CROSS-EXAMINATION

Earlier on Thursday, several analysts from the Health Sciences Authority had taken the stand.

Ler cross-examined them over their analysis of syringes seized, which revealed meth.

He has previously stated that the syringes were for administering insulin to his patients.

Ler is currently serving a two-year jail sentence meted out in November last year for abetting his partner Brochez to cheat the Ministry of Manpower about Brochez's HIV-positive status, and for giving false information to the authorities.

Ler conducted his own defence in purple prison garb, while his mother stayed outside the court and handed him syringes for exhibits when asked to.

He largely looked away while Sim was speaking, and did not meet his eyes.

The trial continues on Thursday, when Ler will also cross-examine Sim on the stand. If found guilty of administering meth to Sim, Ler could be jailed for up to 10 years, fined a maximum of S$20,000, or both. 

For possessing drug utensils, he could be jailed for three years, fined a maximum S$10,000 or both.

Source: CNA/ll(aj)
 



 


 

 

 

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Ler Teck Siang (above) is alleged to have provided "slamming" services frequently to tutor Sim Eng Chee before Sim's romps with men.

Ler Teck Siang (above) is alleged to have provided "slamming" services frequently to tutor Sim Eng Chee before Sim's romps with men.PHOTO: ST FILE

Ler Teck Siang tells court he was hired to provide massage services, not to inject illegal drugs

JUL 11, 2019

 

 

SINGAPORE - The Singaporean doctor accused of injecting illegal drugs into abusers for a fee told a district court on Thursday (July 11) that he had provided massage, not "slamming", services to a former drug addict before the two were arrested by narcotics officers.

"Slamming" is slang for the administering of illegal drugs via injection.

Ler Teck Siang - one of the two men at the centre of the HIV Registry data leak - is alleged to have provided "slamming" services frequently to tutor Sim Eng Chee before Sim's romps with men.

 

Ler, 38, is contesting a charge of abetting Sim in consuming methamphetamine on Feb 26 last year and for possessing drug-related items on March 2.

He and Sim were arrested at the Conrad Centennial Singapore hotel on March 2, after hotel staff found drugs and drug-related utensils in Sim's room.

Sim, who was jailed for drug possession and consumption last September, told the court on Wednesday that he frequently hired Ler to inject him with methamphetamine from late 2017 to March last year.

 
 

During Ler's cross-examination of Sim on Thursday, Ler asked Sim if he recalled that Ler's profile on Grindr - a dating app for gay people - specified that he was offering a massage service.

Sim replied no.

Ler then said his Grindr profile had a description that read "for a slamming good time", and asked Sim if he remembered informing him that "slamming" had a different connotation involving drugs.

"Do you recall that I was horrified by the wrong choice of words?" Ler said to Sim.

"Slamming" became an inside joke, Ler added.

 

Subsequently, whenever Sim wanted a massage, he would refer to it as a "slam", the doctor told the court.

"(You) misrepresented the nature of my service to you, which in truth did not involve the administering of methamphetamine to you," said Ler, who also asked if Sim had a "plea deal".

Sim denied all the allegations. He reiterated that he had never hired Ler to give him a massage but to inject drugs into him.

 

"From the point that I was arrested, I felt a sense of doom and I realised I had to face consequences," said Sim.

"My IO (investigating officer) and any other CNB (Central Narcotics Bureau) officers I met... they can attest to the fact that I have chosen to face up to the consequences of my actions very squarely."

He added that he had nothing to gain from testifying against Ler and was in court to tell the truth.

Sim also said he had not been given any goodwill, highlighting that a district judge had chosen to sentence him to 17 months' jail for consumption and possession of drugs.

 

The sentence was higher than the prosecutors' suggested sentence of 12 months for consumption and two months for possession.

"I come to court to testify... to tell the truth... I know it, and you know it," said Sim to Ler.

"I faced up to the reality of my actions... And I urge you to face up to it."

Ler's trial will continue on Friday. He is serving a two-year jail sentence for helping his HIV-positive partner, Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, deceive the authorities into allowing him to work in Singapore.

 

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Sim at least appears to be recovering from his addiction but Ler looks absolutely terrible in those photos. How could somebody who put in all the hard work it takes to become a doctor fall so far and become so depraved? From the Brochez deception to this drug injection service mess, he really is a screwed-up individual, and his actions only made a bad situation for himself a whole lot worse.

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