The camera had recorded four videos of the shower area, but none of these showed the tenants using the toilet.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kwang Jia Min called for a jail term of six weeks, and said the act was premeditated as the man went to some lengths to conceal the camera, and had positioned it to record the shower area. She added that if he had succeeded, the recorded videos could have been replayed multiple times for his perverted pleasure.
In mitigation, the man's lawyer, T.M. Sinnadurai, said it was only an attempt as the videos did not capture the victims, and asked for a jail term of five weeks.District Judge Adam Nakhoda said the degree of intrusion was much higher than that of someone using a mobile phone to take upskirt videos.Though the man's attempts were unsuccessful, the judge jailed him for six weeks.
For attempting to insult the modesty of a woman, he could have been jailed up to six months or fined or both.