Expelled NTU student gets short detention order for filming woman in hall toilet

Expelled NTU student gets short detention order for filming woman in hall toilet

The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student who was expelled after filming a woman in a shower on campus was sentenced by a court on Monday (Jan 20) to a short detention order of 14 days.

Chinese national Han Shiyu, 18, pleaded guilty to one charge of insulting the modesty of a woman and another of criminal trespass, with two other charges taken into consideration.

A short detention order (SDO) detains an offender in prison for a short time, but does not leave a criminal record upon release.

Han was a scholar at NTU at the time of the offence in August 2019 and was in Singapore on a student pass, studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the court heard.

His girlfriend, who stayed at the same hall as the victim, gave him her key to retrieve some belongings. This gave Han access to the hall.

At about 9.20pm on Aug 12, 2019, Han entered the women's toilet at the hall in NTU using his girlfriend's key.

The victim, a 20-year-old woman studying at the university, was showering in a cubicle, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Michelle Lu.

Han heard the sound of water running and decided to record a video of the victim.

He entered the cubicle beside the victim's, and extended his phone with its recording mode on under a partition separating the two cubicles.

The victim noticed part of the phone under the cubicle partition, along with its red recording light.

Han retracted his phone after taking a six-second video, before using the toilet in another cubicle.

The victim was shocked and afraid to confront Han, so she texted a male friend, who went to look for her.

The victim later went to look for security guards for help while her male friend waited for Han outside the women's washroom.

A security officer called the police that night saying: "We have a case of Peeping Tom. A male subject was found in the female toilet."

Investigations revealed that the hall had specific levels for female residents only, with women's toilets located on those levels that are accessible only with keys issued to hall residents.

After Han was charged, NTU confirmed that it had expelled Han from October last year, stressing that the university "takes a zero tolerance approach towards harassment and takes all cases of misconduct involving harassment seriously".

"Students who are found guilty of misconduct face disciplinary proceedings that include expulsion from the university," said NTU.

SCHOLARSHIP REVOKED, NO LONGER INTENDS TO STUDY IN SINGAPORE

The court heard on Monday that Han has had his scholarship revoked, and indicated that he no longer has any intention to remain in Singapore to further his studies.

The prosecutor urged the court to impose the maximum 14 days' short detention order.

Ms Lu noted that while such cases typically warrant a custodial or short sentence, the accused in this case was a young and foreign offender who does not have any intention to remain in Singapore.

"Mr Han has been expelled from the university, and he will be providing the relevant undertaking that he will not be pursuing any tertiary studies in Singapore," said Ms Lu.

Defence lawyer Che Wei Chin noted that the prosecution had set in place certain conditions for the short detention order.

He said his client was going back to Liaoning, China, for an entrance examination after serving his sentence.

For insulting a woman's modesty, Han could have been jailed for up to a year, fined, or both.

For criminal trespass, he could have been jailed for up to three months, fined a maximum S$1,500, or both.

~Channel News Asia~

参加南大短期课程 校园偷拍男子被捕

参加南大短期课程 校园偷拍男子被捕


一名26岁男子在南大涉嫌侮辱女性尊严而被捕。 （曾美玲　摄影）

男子涉在南洋理工大学巴士站偷拍裙底，被警方逮捕归案。

这起事件发生在上星期五（17日），一名男子疑因在南大校园内的巴士站偷拍女性裙底风光而被逮捕。

据悉，事发地点是位于南大北区大楼（North Spine）食阁与国立教育学院（National Institute of Education，简称NIE）附近的巴士站。

《新明日报》记者走访现场时观察，该处附近有至少3个巴士站，其中一个较靠近南大北区大楼食阁的巴士站人流量较多，就算是假日也有不少人在此处等候巴士。另外两个巴士站位置离南大北区大楼较远，也较偏僻。

警方受询时表示，在当天下午2时40分接获求助通报，并赶往南洋通道协助。一名26岁的男子因侮辱女性尊严而被捕，调查目前还在进行中。

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