Doctor admits to filming men urinating at shopping mall toilets
SINGAPORE — A 27-year-old man who was relieving himself at a urinal in Bugis Junction in February last year spotted another pointing a phone camera at his private parts, a court heard.
The man confronted the 31-year-old perpetrator and found 22 films of other men urinating in the latter’s phone. All but one had been taken on the same day.
At the State Courts on Monday (9 March), Jerry Christian Nagaputa, pleaded guilty to three out of 23 charges of making obscene films.
The Singapore permanent resident from Indonesia was a doctor with the Ministry of Health Holdings (MOHH) until 25 October last year. He had also undergone training at the Singapore General Hospital’s Department of Anatomical Pathology.
Nagaputra is expected to be sentenced on 6 April, pending a report on his suitability for a Mandatory Treatment Order (MTO).
Offenders given an MTO, a community-based sentencing option, will have to undergo psychiatric treatment at the Institute of Mental Health for a period of up to three years instead of serving jail time.
Nagaputra’s 20 remaining charges will be taken into consideration for his sentencing.
Pointed phone camera at victim
On 11 February last year, the 27-year-old victim visited a male toilet at Bugis Junction at about 8.30pm. While using a urinal, he noticed Nagaputra rushing over to the urinal to his right.
The perpetrator held his mobile phone with his left hand and pointed its camera towards the victim’s penis.
“The complainant felt disturbed and adjusted his position to avoid the accused’s phone,” said Deputy Public Prosecutor Foo Shi Hao.
“The complainant also felt that the accused was behaving strangely, as the accused himself was not peeing,” the prosecutor added.
The victim left the toilet and waited outside for Nagaputra to come out. After waiting a while, the victim went back inside to look for the culprit.
“The accused was shocked to see the complainant, and he rushed out of the toilet,” said DPP Foo.
Claimed to have only photos of food
The victim then followed Nagaputra and confronted him at a traffic light outside the mall, asking to see his phone.
Nagaputra claimed that he had only photos of food in his phone and began showing them to the victim.
“However, while the accused was scrolling through his photographs, (the) complainant noticed an image of a urinal on the accused’s phone, and requested to check the accused’s phone himself. The accused complied. The complainant then found films of men urinating in the accused’s phone,” said DPP Foo.
Nagaputra tried to delete the incriminating videos and flee but the victim detained him with the help of passers-by and called the police.
Investigations revealed that he had earlier filmed a man urinating at Ngee Ann City on 9 February. Other than the victim who confronted him, Nagaputra also filmed 21 other men relieving themselves at urinals on 11 February. He recorded one of the films at about 5.25pm at the same Bugis Junction toilet.
The prosecution did not object to an MTO for Nagaputra. A government psychiatrist had assessed him to have adjustment disorder which contributed to his offences, and that his risk of reoffending is low.
The maximum punishment for making an obscene film is a fine of up to $40,000 along with a possible jail term of up to two years.
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