Police NSF charged with filming woman in toilet at K-9 Unit HQ
SINGAPORE – A police national full-time serviceman is accused of filming a woman in a female toilet within the Police K-9 Unit Headquarters earlier this year.
Jonathan Chua Wei Cong was slapped with three charges on Wednesday (18 December) relating to the offence, which was said to have taken place at the compound at 2 Mowbray Road in Choa Chu Kang.
He was handed one charge of insulting the woman’s modesty by placing his mobile phone above a cubicle door with its camera lens pointing at her on 12 March.
Chua, 22, is also said to have trespassed into the female toilet at about 4.55pm. He faces a charge of criminal trespass for this.
The Singaporean was also charged with one count of having an obscene film – a breach of the Films Act - in his mobile phone while in the toilet at the same time and date.
Latest in spate of voyeuristic offences
Chua’s is the latest in a spate of cases involving young men being hauled to court for voyeuristic offences. At least three men have been dealt with in court over the past week.
On Thursday, Singapore Management University graduate Hoon Qi Tong, 25, was sentenced to a two-week short detention order and community service for filming a woman at his workplace during an internship under his university.
On Wednesday, National University of Singapore undergraduate Joel Rasis Ismail was handed more charges for allegedly trespassing into a female toilet of a residential hall and filming women showering. He is also accused of committing a similar act in an architecture firm and on an escalator at Tanjong Pagar. The 26-year-old’s case is still pending.
A Nanyang Technological University student was also dealt with on the same day for taking obscene videos of women both on and off campus. Chong Yen Bin, 24, was sentenced to 18 weeks’ jail.
The cases have gained prominence after a female NUS undergraduate Monica Baey, expressed frustration in April that the university had not done more against a fellow undergraduate, Nicholas Lim, who filmed her showering in a hall. A public outcry followed her complaint.
Chua’s case has been adjourned for him to apply for a pro bono lawyer under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme. He will return to court on 8 January.
If convicted on insulting a woman’s modesty, Chua faces up to a year’s jail, or a fine, or both. If convicted on the Films Act breach, he faces a jail term of up to six months and/or a maximum fine of at least $500 for each film he has.
Criminal trespass carries a jail term of up to three months, and/or a maximum fine of $1,500.
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