SINGAPORE - A student who filmed 19 upskirt videos of women, mostly on escalators, was on Friday sentenced to 12 weeks in jail.while another charge of possessing obscene films was taken into consideration during sentencing.
He was a Singapore Management University student at the time of the offence. An SMU spokesman told The Straits Times in March that Tien had been put on leave of absence.The court heard in March when Tien was convicted that he would feel an urge to follow women in dresses and skirts and take upskirt videos of them using his mobile phone.
He placed his left foot on the step above, just below where the victim was standing, and put his phone with its camera facing up on his left knee to try to take an upskirt video, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Ng Jun Chong.