Woman charged with helping man install camera in toilet to film victim showering

SINGAPORE — A 48-year-old woman has been hauled to court for voyeurism after she allegedly planted a mini camcorder in a toilet on the request of another man to film a person showering.

Lim Bee Wah was charged last Friday (Oct 7) with installing the device, which had a video recording function, in the kitchen toilet of a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat at Chua Chu Kang in May last year.

This allegedly enabled the man, Ler Say Keong, 50, to record someone else showering without their consent.

Court documents did not give more details on how Lim and Ler are related, or how Ler and the alleged victim knew each other.

It is also unclear if the victim, whose identity is protected under a court order, was male or female.

Lim also faces a second charge of harassment by taking a “close-up photograph” of someone’s “fully clothed buttocks” and sending it to him over the WeChat messaging platform on July 24 last year.

Ler was similarly charged with voyeurism. Court documents stated that he allegedly instigated Lim to set up the mini camcorder in the toilet.

The pair will return to court on Nov 4 and are out on bail of S$5,000 each.

Anyone convicted of voyeurism under Section 377BB of the Penal Code can be jailed up to two years, fined, caned, or receive any combination of the three.

Men aged 50 or above cannot be caned under Singapore’s laws. Women cannot be caned either.

Anyone convicted of using insulting behaviour under the Protection from Harassment Act can be jailed up to six months or fined up to S$5,000, or both.