Danny Chong Kin Nam, 34, a Malaysian national was jailed for four weeks on Monday (May 22, 2017) after he admitted to intruding into the victim’s privacy.
He had denied filming the woman in the toilet of a flat they were both living in, when he was confronted by the victim.
Danny allowed the 20-year-old woman to check his mobile phone and laptop, but she could not find any related video recording.Still troubled over the matter, she called the police the next day
Still troubled over the matter, she called the police the next day on October 27, 2016.
The police seized his mobile phone and sent it for forensic examination and revealed that there were two video recordings of the victim taking a shower in the bathroom on Oct 26, 2016, at 10.35 pm and 10.36 pm.
The forensic examination also further revealed a similar video recording taken nine days earlier.
The victim was taking a shower in the kitchen toilet of a Housing Board block flat on Oct 26, 2016, evening.
She had removed her clothes and while washing her face, she noticed a silver Samsung Galaxy Note7 phone placed on a glass window panel above the bathroom door.
She screamed and immediately opened the door, but found no one outside.
She later confronted Danny to ask if he had taken a video recording of her in the kitchen toilet but he denied it.
His lawyer Ravinderpal Singh said in mitigation that his client was apologetic for his actions. He was undergoing a lot of stress from work and from servicing debts, he said and owed over RM150,000 (S$48,300) in Malaysia and another $9,000 in credit card debts in Singapore.
The lawyer said this had in all been a traumatic experience for Danny, who hoped to close this chapter of his life and move on. Danny, who used to work in the IT sector, had also lost his job.
Danny Chong Kin Nam could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined for intruding into the privacy of a woman. A second charge was taken into consideration.
