A WOMAN was about to undress when she spotted something on top of a bathroom cabinet in a Choa Chu Kang flat last December.
When the 31-year-old, who had been renting a room in the unit, took a closer look, she discovered a pinhole-camera, hidden among some buckets on top of the cabinet, according to court documents.
A length of wire attached to the camera led to the master bedroom where it was linked to a computer.
When she entered the bedroom, she saw that the computer was recording the images captured by the camera.
The woman immediately told her six other room-mates about her discovery and confronted private school student Toh Tong Ming, 26, who slept in the bedroom. She later made a police report.
It is not known how long Toh had been living in the flat, which is owned by his uncle.
Yesterday, he was sentenced in a district court to three weeks' jail for insulting the modesty of the tenant.
The woman has not been named to protect her identity.
According to court documents, Toh uninstalled the entire system after his tenant discovered the camera in the early hours of Dec 30 last year.
His lawyer, Mr Rajan Nair, told the court that his client suffered from a delusional disorder which stemmed from a longstanding social phobia.
As Toh was led away, he was seen moving hurriedly, refusing to look at anyone, including a female relative.
