Korean police nab man disguised as blonde woman in bathhouse
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The man was disguised as a woman by wearing a blonde wig and dress, and filmed inside the bathhouse with his phone.
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DAEJEON, South Korea - A man in his 30s, who had disguised himself as a woman, was apprehended by the police while using his phone to film video in the women’s changing room of a public bathhouse in Daejeon.
The Daejeon Daedeok Police Station has stated that officers are investigating the man on charges of trespassing.
The man is accused of entering the women’s changing room of a public bathhouse in Daejeon’s Daedeok district on Aug 26. He had disguised himself as a woman by wearing a blonde wig and dress, and filmed the inside of the bathhouse with his mobile phone.
The bathhouse staff, suspicious of his actions, confronted the man and reported him to the police, leading to his immediate arrest on charges of trespassing on a multi-use facility for sexual purposes.
The police also discovered video footage of the women’s changing room, filmed before the staff intervened, on the man’s phone.
The man told the police that he had filmed the video footage out of “curiosity”.
No other illegally filmed footage was found on his phone, but the police are conducting a digital forensic investigation to determine if additional illegal recordings had been previously made.
On Aug 28, the police applied for another arrest warrant for the man, adding charges of using a camera. However, the court rejected the request, stating that the man posed no significant flight risk.
Secretly capturing images or videos of individuals in a manner that may induce sexual desire or shame against their will is legally punishable in Korea.
The police plan to send the man to the prosecution without detention in the near future. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
