38-year-old Pandiyan Selvakumar, a construction worker from India working in Singapore, was sentenced to 1-week imprisonment on 29 September after pleading guilty to committing a gesture with the intent of insulting the victim’s modesty.
He had peeped at a woman inside a toilet and got caught by the victim, before claiming that he was “throwing rubbish”, according to TODAY.
Another separate charge of Pandiyan molesting another woman by grabbing her chest was considered by the court during his sentencing.
What happened?
The incident happened on 30 November 2021, the 29-year-old victim left her office to use the women’s toilet on the ground floor and noticed Pandiyan standing next to the toilet sink.
She wanted to leave initially, but Pandiyan told her that he was trying to fix something in one of the cubicles. The victim then asked him if he was leaving, to which he said yes.
She then went into one of the cubicles and stood inside, waiting for Pandiyan to leave first before relieving herself, but she then heard the sound of another cubicle door that was adjacent to hers, opening.
She felt something was wrong and looked at the divider between the two toilet cubicles, and spotted shadows on the floor.
She then suddenly saw half of Pandiyan’s face looking up at her from the gap below the toilet cubicle’s divider, and she screamed in fear and hurriedly left the cubicle.
She later saw Pandiyan standing outside the toilet holding onto a small rubbish bin, claiming that he was “throwing rubbish”.
She continued screaming while running out of the toilet, and was seen in CCTV footage leaving the scene while pointing towards the restroom.
A male passer-by stepped in after she asked for help, and Pandiyan was detained by the man while they waited for the arrival of security.