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Chongster

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Surgeons tho ask to be called Mr.

 

Strange that the higher you go you do not need these titles and rightly so as ppl know u for what you are good at already..

 

It's the small flies that hv this chip on their shoulder

Then the Dr Strange show beh choon already. When the bad guy call him Mr Strange that is strictly speaking correct and he shouldn't kpkb
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NOT WHEN YOU ARE AMDK!!! AMDK keep child porn also not so bad as locals keep!!!

 

 

Under the Bill, there are three main types of conduct which constitute contempt of court. These are disobeying court orders, such as refusing to pay a sum of money ordered by the court, publishing material that interferes with on-going proceedings and making allegations of bias against the judges.

 

The Bill also clarifies what does not constitute contempt of court. For example, fair and accurate reporting of court proceedings is not contempt, and neither is disobeying a court order due to an honest and reasonable failure to understand the obligations under the court order.

 
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Then the Dr Strange show beh choon already. When the bad guy call him Mr Strange that is strictly speaking correct and he shouldn't kpkb

 

yup that's true.

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The strange case of the fake child prodigy who used his boyfriend's blood to cheat an HIV test

Adam Lusher Thursday 2 March 2017 14:23 GMT
Mikhy Farrera-Brochez claimed to have entered Princeton at 13, but was found to have faked educational qualifications and used his boyfriend’s blood to cheat an HIV test so he could work as a lecturer in Singapore

By the age of three, he said, he could read, write and speak fluently in three languages.

Encouraged by his mother, “a renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology in the UK”, he had, he told one journalist, entered Princeton University at 13, before becoming “the youngest registered psychologist in the history of the American Psychological Association”.

And at the age of 32, Mikhy K Farrera-Brochez “APA, APS, MCollT, MS DPSY, DipED” was convicted of being a lying fantasist who forged educational qualifications and used his boyfriend’s blood for an HIV test so he could hide the fact he had the virus and work in Singapore.

As Mr Farrera-Brochez was sentenced by a Singapore court to 28 months in jail on Wednesday, after admitting six offences including lying to a public servant, possessing drugs and using forged educational certificates, it was hard to say which was the more bizarre: the “child prodigy” tale he told to impress or the real things he did to get convicted. 

As told to a Singapore newspaper in 2010, the story of his life involved being able to read, write and speak fluent Hebrew, Spanish and English by the age of three.

“I didn’t know I was a gifted child initially,” Mr Farrera-Brochez told a reporter. 

He also said he had been a successful “laboratory rat” of his mother “a renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology, child neurology and gifted science and mathematics education in the UK”, who had tried out “many of her theories on gifted education” on him.

How much, if any of it was true is unclear. Attempts to trace the “renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology” drew a blank, with the British Psychological Society telling The Independent that its register contained no psychologists affiliated to any academic institution under the mother’s name given by Mr Farrera-Brochez.

The bewildered husband of the one UK-registered psychologist who qualified under the name given by Mr Farrera-Brochez confirmed to The Independent that the man convicted in Singapore was not her son, and that she did not specialise in any of the relevant areas.

If Mr Farrera-Brochez’s mother is a “renowned professor”, she may be a very elusive “renowned professor”. The Independent could not immediately find any psychologist, anywhere in the world, with the name given by Mr Farrera-Brochez who specialised in child and adolescent psychology, child neurology, or gifted science and mathematics education.

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As for Mr Farrera-Brochez’s own academic brilliance, reports of his conviction have stated that his various educational certificates, including one supposed to be from the Sorbonne in Paris, were forged.

But, that 2010 report suggested, having turned up in Singapore in 2008, Mr Farrera-Brochez was able to secure a job at a local polytechnic, lecturing in early childhood studies and psychology studies.

That he was able to work in Singapore at all was because of his success in using his boyfriend’s blood to cover up his HIV status. 

Singapore has banned foreigners with HIV from working in its territory. To get round this, Mr Farrera-Brochez enlisted the help of his boyfriend, a locum GP whom he had met online.

Shortly after arriving in Singapore in 2008, he visited a clinic where his boyfriend was on duty. His boyfriend had earlier taken some blood from his own arm. The boyfriend is said to have put his blood in a test tube and labelled it with Mr Farrera-Brochez’s details. 

The test tube with the boyfriend’s blood came back negative for HIV and Mr Farrera-Brochez duly got his employment pass from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM).

The trick worked so well that Mr Farrera-Brochez used it again to get a personalised employment pass in 2013.

“The fact that the blood test was supposedly performed by a doctor and issued by a clinic gave it an aura of authority, making it virtually certain that MOM would be deceived,” said Deputy Public Prosecutor Suhas Malhotra. “His conduct evinces a blatant disregard for the authority of our laws.”

Mr Farrera-Brochez succeeded in keeping up the pretence until the middle of 2016. Precisely how he was caught has not been disclosed, but it is possible he fell foul of Singapore’s strict anti-drugs laws.

One of the charges for which he was convicted was the possession, in May 2016, of Ketamine and cannabis.

A month later, in June 2016, he was charged with not just the drugs offences, but also in relation to forging his educational certificates and faking the HIV tests.

His boyfriend is awaiting court proceedings on charges relating to his alleged role. 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7607611.html


i suspect the blood test on his drug offences led to the discovery....else he will still be teaching at his place

 

note, that it was in mid 2016 when he was discovered

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People are too free. So to keep themselves occupied or excited, entertained, experiment or otherwise, they do "silly things".

 

If you don't believe me, ask the resident undertaker for stories, what happens behind close doors in a morgue. Hope he himself is not a participant. [laugh]

 

 

 

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Man jailed for underage sex caught with possibly largest haul of child porn from an individual in Singapore
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Joshua Robinson was caught with 321 films containing child pornography featuring children as young as two years old. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

SINGAPORE - An American mixed martial arts instructor was jailed for four years on Thursday (March 2) after having sex with two underage girls and recording the acts with his mobile phone.

Joshua Robinson, now 39, was also caught with 321 films containing child pornography featuring children as young as two years old. This is believed to be the largest number of such films seized from a single person in Singapore.

Once, he even showed a six-year-old girl an obscene film of him engaged in a sexual act with a woman.

On Feb 13, Robinson, who used to be a senior visual effects artist, pleaded guilty to four counts of making obscene films and three counts of having consensual sex with minors.

He also admitted to one count each of being in possession of obscene films and exhibiting an obscene object to a child.

 
 

Twenty other charges for similar offences were taken into consideration during sentencing.

He met his first victim, who was then 15 years old, through a dating website and they went to his home at the Riverwalk Apartments in Upper Circular Road on Sept 11, 2013.

They had unprotected sexual intercourse and he recorded the act with his mobile phone.

The pair had sex at least two more times after this and he recorded both encounters.

He met his second victim, who was also 15 years old, on June 23, 2015 and they went to his home where they had unprotected sexual intercourse.

He recorded the act without her consent. When she left his apartment, the court heard she broke into tears, had a "mental breakdown" and told her parents, who alerted the police.

Two days later, officers seized his computer and portable hard drive where they found 5,902 obscene films.

The court heard that 321 of them contained child pornography.

About a month later, Robinson went to a martial arts gym where he was a participant, and showed the obscene video to a six-year-old girl while her father was training.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Nicholas Lai said: "After the accused had shown (the girl) the video, he asked (her) whether she liked it. (The girl) did not reply.

"He then told (her) not to tell anyone by putting his finger to his lips and saying 'shhhhh'."

The girl told her father about what had happened when they reached home and he alerted the police.

For each count of having sex with a minor, Robinson could have been jailed up to 10 years and fined.

And for each count of making an obscene film, he could have been jailed up to two years and fined between $20,000 and $40,000.

 

 

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Chongster

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Oh. Smart defense lawyer. Argued consensual sex and not sexual assault. Smart bugger.

Might be what DPP charge to begin with. Sexual assault is not a legal term, the reporting language is very loose.

 

The circumstantial evidence including pantyless visit to his home, exchange of nude pics, despite his explicit descriptions of sex acts that he would do to her, would make it very hard to prove no consent beyond a reasonable doubt, no?

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Boys and girls, what did we learn today??

 

We learnt that people who look like Yuri from Red Alert are evil b**tards. Please stay away from them.  [thumbsup]  [grin]

 

 

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Boys and girls, what did we learn today??

 

We learnt that people who look like Yuri from Red Alert are evil b**tards. Please stay away from them. [thumbsup][grin]

 

 

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That guy does look like some actor
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That guy does look like some actor

 

Already mentioned what...........he is the actor in his own produced home videos. Of course he is an actor also. :XD:

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This guy if he go prison, will probably be the most dua kee badass in there and all other prisoners maybe even prison guard will fawn over him, and hes going to poke ass instead of get poked and when he's out he will wear his 4 yr to prison sentence like a badge and go on to terrorize young girls somewhere else. All because he is AMDK! Suck it up guys...

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This guy if he go prison, will probably be the most dua kee badass in there and all other prisoners maybe even prison guard will fawn over him, and hes going to poke ass instead of get poked and when he's out he will wear his 4 yr to prison sentence like a badge and go on to terrorize young girls somewhere else. All because he is AMDK! Suck it up guys...

 

i don't really care, but at least he will be kicked out of Singapore.

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BanCoe

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Surgeons tho ask to be called Mr.

 

Strange that the higher you go you do not need these titles and rightly so as ppl know u for what you are good at already..

 

It's the small flies that hv this chip on their shoulder

Some time back a visiting consultant surgeon did surgery on me at the then Alexandra Hospital ; Though I only got a glimpse of him and I heard one of the nurses calling for him by the name Mister xxx on the intercom ; So I got worried that how come he is not called by Doctor name and I asked the nurse ... is he a the correct doctor (surgeon) performing my surgery?? [rifle]  ..... It was a moment of balls dropping and I started shaking [bigcry]  and she said he is called by Mister and he is a well recognised surgeon in this sports medicine field and comes only once a month to do a few cases and getting his appt takes very long... then a few minutes later my Ortho appeared and I asked him again and double conspermed it was correct..... what a way to go under the knife with GA       

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The strange case of the fake child prodigy who used his boyfriend's blood to cheat an HIV test

 

Adam Lusher Thursday 2 March 2017 14:23 GMT

Mikhy Farrera-Brochez claimed to have entered Princeton at 13, but was found to have faked educational qualifications and used his boyfriend’s blood to cheat an HIV test so he could work as a lecturer in Singapore

 

By the age of three, he said, he could read, write and speak fluently in three languages.

 

Encouraged by his mother, “a renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology in the UK”, he had, he told one journalist, entered Princeton University at 13, before becoming “the youngest registered psychologist in the history of the American Psychological Association”.

 

And at the age of 32, Mikhy K Farrera-Brochez “APA, APS, MCollT, MS DPSY, DipED” was convicted of being a lying fantasist who forged educational qualifications and used his boyfriend’s blood for an HIV test so he could hide the fact he had the virus and work in Singapore.

 

As Mr Farrera-Brochez was sentenced by a Singapore court to 28 months in jail on Wednesday, after admitting six offences including lying to a public servant, possessing drugs and using forged educational certificates, it was hard to say which was the more bizarre: the “child prodigy” tale he told to impress or the real things he did to get convicted. 

 

As told to a Singapore newspaper in 2010, the story of his life involved being able to read, write and speak fluent Hebrew, Spanish and English by the age of three.

 

“I didn’t know I was a gifted child initially,” Mr Farrera-Brochez told a reporter. 

 

He also said he had been a successful “laboratory rat” of his mother “a renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology, child neurology and gifted science and mathematics education in the UK”, who had tried out “many of her theories on gifted education” on him.

 

How much, if any of it was true is unclear. Attempts to trace the “renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology” drew a blank, with the British Psychological Society telling The Independent that its register contained no psychologists affiliated to any academic institution under the mother’s name given by Mr Farrera-Brochez.

 

The bewildered husband of the one UK-registered psychologist who qualified under the name given by Mr Farrera-Brochez confirmed to The Independent that the man convicted in Singapore was not her son, and that she did not specialise in any of the relevant areas.

 

If Mr Farrera-Brochez’s mother is a “renowned professor”, she may be a very elusive “renowned professor”. The Independent could not immediately find any psychologist, anywhere in the world, with the name given by Mr Farrera-Brochez who specialised in child and adolescent psychology, child neurology, or gifted science and mathematics education.

 

The weirdest and most shocking news stories

 

As for Mr Farrera-Brochez’s own academic brilliance, reports of his conviction have stated that his various educational certificates, including one supposed to be from the Sorbonne in Paris, were forged.

 

But, that 2010 report suggested, having turned up in Singapore in 2008, Mr Farrera-Brochez was able to secure a job at a local polytechnic, lecturing in early childhood studies and psychology studies.

 

That he was able to work in Singapore at all was because of his success in using his boyfriend’s blood to cover up his HIV status. 

 

Singapore has banned foreigners with HIV from working in its territory. To get round this, Mr Farrera-Brochez enlisted the help of his boyfriend, a locum GP whom he had met online.

 

Shortly after arriving in Singapore in 2008, he visited a clinic where his boyfriend was on duty. His boyfriend had earlier taken some blood from his own arm. The boyfriend is said to have put his blood in a test tube and labelled it with Mr Farrera-Brochez’s details. 

 

The test tube with the boyfriend’s blood came back negative for HIV and Mr Farrera-Brochez duly got his employment pass from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM).

 

The trick worked so well that Mr Farrera-Brochez used it again to get a personalised employment pass in 2013.

 

“The fact that the blood test was supposedly performed by a doctor and issued by a clinic gave it an aura of authority, making it virtually certain that MOM would be deceived,” said Deputy Public Prosecutor Suhas Malhotra. “His conduct evinces a blatant disregard for the authority of our laws.”

 

Mr Farrera-Brochez succeeded in keeping up the pretence until the middle of 2016. Precisely how he was caught has not been disclosed, but it is possible he fell foul of Singapore’s strict anti-drugs laws.

 

One of the charges for which he was convicted was the possession, in May 2016, of Ketamine and cannabis.

 

A month later, in June 2016, he was charged with not just the drugs offences, but also in relation to forging his educational certificates and faking the HIV tests.

 

His boyfriend is awaiting court proceedings on charges relating to his alleged role. 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7607611.html

i suspect the blood test on his drug offences led to the discovery....else he will still be teaching at his place

 

note, that it was in mid 2016 when he was discovered

 

Our authorities came out of this with double slap on their faces, after the revelation in this article:

- that hiv positive people are discriminated.

- that our system of checks is so weak that cannot detect fake qualifications, mind you, from well-known institutions.

 

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Anyone can call themselves a Dr

 

You just cannot call yourself

 

a medical doctor

 

unless you are certified.

 

:D

I am a Doctor for 2 days.

 

I have a medical certificate.

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With Petition can ???? then can have referendum ??? Will the judges open the file under "such pressure" or back by popular demand..... will it work??? Citizen lobbying .... does it work in Singapore

 

I hope some good comes out out of this Petition..... maybe AWARE or some NGO can take action

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