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SINGAPORE – A doctor is accused of insulting the modesty of hundreds of women in various places on the island.
Chu Ben Wee, who is now on remand, appeared in district court via video link on Thursday (December 3).
The 28-year-old Singaporean allegedly used a GoPro camera attached to his shoe to record videos under 184 women’s skirts in April last year.
Using a similar method, he is said to have targeted more than 300 women three months later.
In total he faces 17 charges, mainly for similar crimes.
Chu, who is represented by attorney Luke Lee, was expected to plead guilty on Thursday, but the case has been postponed.
He is now expected to admit the alleged crimes on December 11.
The court documents do not say how his alleged crimes came to light.
As of Thursday, Chu’s name was still on the list of registered healthcare professionals in Singapore.
For each count of insulting a woman’s modesty, an offender can be jailed for up to one year and fined.
[[nid:461564]]Chu is not the only doctor this year facing court over illegal videos.
In April, a former doctor was sentenced to a year of compulsory treatment after recording multiple videos of men using urinals in February last year.
Indonesian national Jerry Christian Nagaputra, then 31, has to undergo treatment for his mental condition instead of going to jail.
His attorney Lee Teck Leng told the court that his client had “adjustment disorder with depressed and anxious moods.”
Nagaputra pleaded guilty on March 9 to three counts under the Film Law.
Twenty other similar charges were taken into consideration during the sentencing.
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