The Straits Times (ST) reported that Nitesh Naidu Raj Kumar Naidu, 23, who is also a permanent resident of Singapore, and Singaporean Naveenthiran Thevathas, 21, had allegedly forced a 17-year-old boy to hand over S$2,000 (RM5,936 ). They had allegedly threatened to circulate a sex video of the teen on social media.
No bail was offered and the two youths have been remanded at the Jurong police division.
According to the ST report, the duo threatened the teenager on Valentines Day at Lot One Shoppers’ Mall in Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 that they would circulate the video unless he paid them.
The report said the teenager met them again two days later on Hillcrest Road to hand over the money.
Court documents did not provide details of the video or how Naveenthiran and Nitesh got hold of the video.
The duo will be back in court on Feb 23. If convicted of extortion, they can be jailed for between two and seven years and caned, the report added.