SINGAPORE, March 5 — A 36-year-old man who tucked his iPhone into the laces of his shoe to capture videos of women’s inner thighs was yesterday sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment.
Be Keng Hoon, a former technical officer, had taken upskirt videos of more than 260 women between October 2011 and August 2012. He committed one of the offences at ION shopping mall in 2012.
The prosecution said the volume of the offences reflected Be’s persistence and urged the court to impose a three-month sentence on each of the five proceeded charges. It also said Be would have continued to invade women’s privacy had he not been caught red-handed. The risk of the videos circulating was also an aggravating factor.
However, Be’s lawyer argued that the accused suffers from an ailment and this was reflected in his medical report. It urged the court to consider placing Be on probation. District Judge Jasbendar Kaur, however, said the nature of the offences and incidents took place over a long period of time, making Be unsuitable for probation.
The maximum penalty for insulting a woman’s modesty or intruding on her privacy through such a manner is a year’s jail and fine. — Today
