
More than 100 teenage girls are thought to have fallen victim to upskirting by a 31-year-old man in Changhua. The perpetrator is believed to have been taking footage of girls in public places for more than three years, by using a pinhole camera hidden in his shoe. His actions only came to light earlier this year, after he was caught upskirting a girl at a convenience store in Changhua. Prosecutors have since had him detained, and the police are now investigating whether he’s profited from the illicit videos.
The man pretends that nothing unusual happened, looking away from the woman yelling at him. Just moments earlier, he was caught upskirting the woman’s teenage daughter.
Mother of victim (anonymized)
Teen daughter got upskirted
He followed my daughter as soon as she entered the convenience store and all the way until checkout. He stood really close against her body.
The upskirting incident took place back in April, in Changhua’s Xihu Township. The schoolgirl was waiting for her parents in the convenience store. That was when she became a target for this man, who wouldn’t leave her alone. He even put a foot forward, right under her skirt. Frightened, the girl called her mother, who reported him to the police.
- He put one foot right under her skirt, and moved it sideways.
The suspect then went into the restroom, presumably to delete the footage. Later, the victim found a cable in the bin.
Mother of victim (anonymized)
Teen daughter got upskirted
He’s been unemployed for years, and had multiple phones, so we suspected that he sells the upskirting footage.
The police later found that the suspect, who’s 31 years old and unemployed, regularly loitered around school campuses, libraries and convenience stores, places frequented by high school girls. He had a pinhole camera on one of his black sneakers which easily went unnoticed. All it took was putting one foot forward. The method was so discrete that his crime had gone unnoticed for three years, during which more than 100 teen girls may have fallen victim.
Voice of Wang Ming-jen
Changhua District deputy head prosecutor
After questioning, our prosecutor determined that he’s suspected of video voyeurism under the Criminal Code and offenses under the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, and approved his detainment.
In the meantime, the police are investigating whether he’s financially profited from the footage.
Voice of Lee Chun-yu
Pinhole camera awareness expert
Most people won’t notice pinhole cameras. They can only notice the use from the perpetrator’s action. When it’s placed on a shoe, the perpetrator would try to get a foot under your skirt.
Most people wouldn’t be able to spot pinhole cameras, let alone one so well concealed, that the suspect could upskirt so many victims over the years and not get caught, until now.
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彰化溪湖鎮一名31歲男子,長期出沒校園周邊,把針孔藏進鞋裡,專挑女學生下手,尾隨偷拍裙底風光。警方追查發現,嫌犯偷拍時間恐怕長達三年,受害人數可能超過百人,學生家長很擔心這些偷拍的影像可能已被轉賣牟利,目前男子已被法院裁定收押。
男子手足無措、神情慌張想逃,但又被家長叫著,因為他涉嫌利用針孔,偷拍未成年女學生裙底,當場人贓俱獲。
[[受害同學母親(變音處理)]]
“我女兒一進便利商店的時候,就從頭尾隨然後尤其在結帳的時候,緊貼著我女兒的身體。”
偷拍事件就發生在彰化溪湖鎮,四月份,一名女同學在超商等家人,沒想到這名男子刻意貼近,行徑詭異,腳還伸到裙底下偷拍。女學生嚇壞了,趕緊打電話向媽媽求助,家長到場後,立刻報警處理。
“(鞋子)就在他的裙子下面,然後這樣左右移動
嫌犯見狀,一度躲進廁所內,疑似想刪除影像,事後受害者的同學,還在垃圾桶內發現傳輸線。
[[受害同學母親(變音處理)]]
“因為他長期沒工作,然後手機又三四支,所以我們懷疑他就是有偷拍販賣的嫌疑。”
警方追查發現,這名31歲的嫌犯無業,卻幾乎每天固定在校園周邊、圖書館或便利商店徘徊,專挑女學生下手,把針孔攝影機藏在黑色鞋子裡,肉眼根本看不出來,藉機靠近女同學拍裙底。更誇張的是,嫌犯的偷拍行為疑似已長達三年之久,受害學生恐怕超過百人。
[[聲源:彰化地檢署襄閱主檢 王銘仁]]
“本署檢察官訊後,認涉犯刑法妨害秘密、兒童及少年性剝削防制條例等罪嫌,聲押獲准。”
警方除了依法偵辦,也將深入追查嫌犯是否涉及影像轉賣。
[[聲源:反針孔專家 李濬羽]]
“一般人是不會看到的(針孔),(只能從)行為面去看,鞋子的針孔他一定會想辦法用腳靠近你的裙底。”
針孔設備體積小巧,一般民眾難以察覺。嫌犯就是看準這點,才會長期犯案,逍遙法外。
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