A research staff with NTU was caught taking upskirt photos of a woman at Orchard road and a follow up investigation lead to the Police finding upskirt photos of 400 women in his home.
Guo Zhi Hong, China National was jailed 10 months 5 weeks after he was found guilty of voyeurism and insulting the modesty of a woman.
Prosecutor calls his a Prolific Serial Upskirter
According to the court hearing, the man is working in Singapore with a short term employment pass.
He was caught on 11 April 2021 at Orchard MRT, at around 8.15PM. Guo was walking to the MRT station from ION and a two women was walking infront of him.
Guo did not realise that a man was behind him and his actions had already arouse the suspicions of others.
The man behind Guo started to take notice of him and later saw Guo taking the photos on the escalator.
He was then confronted and told to provide his phone’s gallery for inspection but Guo denied it. After a short argument Guo gave in but there were no photos on his phone.
He then tried to leave the scene but he was detained by passer-bys and the Police was eventually contacted.
The Police raided his home the next day and found more compromising images of women which lead to his sentencing.