Chennai: A Chennai court on Wednesday remanded alleged child sex offender Will Heum to 15 days judicial custody, TV reports said.
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"Heum confessed uploading pornographic material on the internet," the public prosecutor said.
However Heum denied the charge saying, "I didn't confess to any crime."
"This is too much. I'll go back to the Netherlands," he added.
The 56-year-old was arrested on November 7 following an Interpol police alert. He is also accused of uploading child pornographic material on the Internet.
Child sex abuse: Court defers Heum's bail hearing
The case against Heum has been registered under the new IT Act, which came into force on October 27. If convicted, he will face a maximum punishment of seven years' imprisonment and Rs 10 lakh fine.
A 2002 case against Heum is also pending trial. In this case, he was accused of molesting 40 orphans at Little Home, an orphanage opened by him in Mamallapuram.
Heum, who came to India 30 years ago and started "social work", stayed in Mamallapuram, where he befriended several children and started the orphanage.
The Saidapet Court on Monday had deferred Heum's bail plea, till Wednesday.
"I'm being framed," Heum had said after Monday's hearing. "Someone else is using my IP address," he added.
However Heum denied the charge saying, "I didn't confess to any crime."
"This is too much. I'll go back to the Netherlands," he added.
The 56-year-old was arrested on November 7 following an Interpol police alert. He is also accused of uploading child pornographic material on the Internet.
Child sex abuse: Court defers Heum's bail hearing
The case against Heum has been registered under the new IT Act, which came into force on October 27. If convicted, he will face a maximum punishment of seven years' imprisonment and Rs 10 lakh fine.
A 2002 case against Heum is also pending trial. In this case, he was accused of molesting 40 orphans at Little Home, an orphanage opened by him in Mamallapuram.
Heum, who came to India 30 years ago and started "social work", stayed in Mamallapuram, where he befriended several children and started the orphanage.
The Saidapet Court on Monday had deferred Heum's bail plea, till Wednesday.
"I'm being framed," Heum had said after Monday's hearing. "Someone else is using my IP address," he added.
