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Man tried to film under woman's skirt months after release for similar offence

FILE PHOTO: Yahoo News Singapore
FILE PHOTO: Yahoo News Singapore

SINGAPORE — Within a year after being jailed for taking upskirt videos of a woman, a man reoffended in the same way.

This time, Glenn Goh Wei Liang, 31, was caught in the act by the victim, who confronted and chased Goh as he tried to walk away.

Goh, a former navy operations supervisor, was jailed for seven weeks on Friday (12 June) after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to insult the modesty of a woman.

Details such as the woman’s name, age, the date, timing and location of the offence were redacted from court documents in order to protect the victim’s identity.

Some time in 2018, the woman was walking through a void deck of a housing block where Goh happened to be. When Goh saw the victim, he turned on the front camera of his phone, intending to take an upskirt video of the woman from behind.

The woman heard a sound behind her and felt a touch. She turned around and saw Goh with his arm and phone extended beneath her skirt. She could see her own image displayed on the screen. She immediately confronted Goh, who ignored her and began walking away quickly.

After the woman gave chase, she got into a struggle with Goh. Eventually, Goh handed over his phone but the images were not in his phone by then.

Goh left the scene shortly after and the victim made a police report. The police later raided Goh’s flat and seized his three phones for investigations.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Kor Zhen Hong told the court that Goh was jailed 18 weeks’ on 20 November 2017 after taking upskirt photos of some 50 women over a period of 10 months between 2015 and 2016. Goh was “heavily traced” for the offences then, DPP Kor added.

However, the jail term was not enough to deter Goh from reoffending, said the prosecution. In fact, Goh attempted the same modus operandi months after being released in 2018.

Goh deserved a higher jail term as he had not learned his lesson, said DPP Kor, adding that Goh would have proceeded with his offence had he not been caught by the vigilant victim.

Goh’s lawyer, Ravinderpal Singh, said his client became a victim of online bullying following his latest offence, which had caused “great distress” and embarrassment to him and his family. Goh is now married and his mother, who has stage three breast cancer, will be undergoing an operation in July.

The lawyer sought a sentence of between four and seven weeks so that Goh could be out in time for his mother’s operation.

For attempting to insult a woman’s modesty, Goh could have been jailed up to a year, or fined, or both.

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