Phones
Man Banned From Owning a Camera Phone After Secretly Filming Woman On the Toilet
Posted by Sean Fallon at 7:10 AM on June 12, 2008
A man in Singapore (where else) has been banned from owning a camera phone for a year after being caught secretly filming a woman in an airport bathroom. Actually, "secretly" is probably a strong word when you consider that the perp, 19 year old Samuel Ong, simply slid his camera phone under the cubicle door to catch a few shots.
Not surprisingly, the woman caught Ong in the act and reported him to the police. In addition to the mobile phone ban, he will have to complete 60 hours of community service, undergo psychiatric treatment and observe a curfew as part of his sentence. Seems like he is getting off pretty easy, especially by Singaporean standards.[Reuters]

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NDub
Posted 8:05 AM 12/6/08
Talk about timing.
NDub
Aloof
Posted 8:05 AM 12/6/08
Cache > Gizmodo's attempt to pixelate the face
Aloof
j1234
Posted 8:03 AM 12/6/08
ah so just now you decide to blur the face....
j1234
Dapole
Posted 8:02 AM 12/6/08
Seriously, there is no door, and whats the deal with the facet above the toilet. Is that how you flush???
Dapole
NDub
Posted 7:59 AM 12/6/08
Must have been getting ready to work for TSA.
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NDub
Kaiser-Machead's got LindsayJoy's cookies on the SuperDrive
Posted 7:59 AM 12/6/08
@Munch: LOL
Kaiser-Machead's got LindsayJoy's cookies on the SuperDrive
MagnoliaBoy
Posted 7:56 AM 12/6/08
And i thought the Mensroom looked bad. Looks like she's trying to dump in the Life in Ancient Rome exhibit.
MagnoliaBoy
Munch
Posted 7:48 AM 12/6/08
Munch
dry-roasted-peanuts
Posted 7:44 AM 12/6/08
... and this is enforceable how?
dry-roasted-peanuts
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 7:40 AM 12/6/08
@Jones91: by that, I assume you mean watching whatever video se7a7n7 posted given the introduction?
92BuickLeSabre
Jones91
Posted 7:38 AM 12/6/08
you have to be pretty messed up to do that.
Jones91
se7a7n7
Posted 7:38 AM 12/6/08
The only thing hotter than watching a girl pee is watching a girl poop.
+ Watch video
se7a7n7
sharmanova
Posted 7:35 AM 12/6/08
As I've said before, in my world, women never pass gas, burb or have to go to the washroom, unless that is where they keep their stilettos and Victoria's Secret stash.
sharmanova
ab3
Posted 7:30 AM 12/6/08
This reminds me of the family guy where Peter was in the women's locker room and he was hiding behind a small piece of cardboard with a hole in it.
ab3
strider_mt2k
Posted 7:25 AM 12/6/08
That's how Elvis went.
...straining at his stool.
strider_mt2k
spader725
Posted 7:17 AM 12/6/08
Is that how a women's bathroom look like? I always thought place would be much more colorful.
And psychiatric treatment? I wonder how that would go:
doc: so Ong, why do you take pics of females in bathrooms?
Ong: i like vaginas.
doc: I see...*scribbles down notes furiously*
spader725
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 7:17 AM 12/6/08
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure she's having a baby.
92BuickLeSabre
marc_wtih_a_c
Posted 7:17 AM 12/6/08
Samuel also received fines for cross dressing in public so that he could sneak into the women's bathroom undetected.
Would not want to be in a mini skirt in a Singapore jail cell..eesh
marc_wtih_a_c
Chester_Copperpot
Posted 7:16 AM 12/6/08
What's the number to CCBill? I want my money back.
Chester_Copperpot
yoshi
Posted 7:16 AM 12/6/08
She looks like she is having some serious backblow going on!?!
yoshi
Kaiser-Machead's got LindsayJoy's cookies on the SuperDrive
Posted 7:12 AM 12/6/08
And funny enough, the woman in the picture is actually just trying to pry the cap off of a jar of pickles, using the cloth for better grip.
Kaiser-Machead's got LindsayJoy's cookies on the SuperDrive
discounteggroll
Posted 7:12 AM 12/6/08
so...where are the photos?
discounteggroll
Chromeo
Posted 7:11 AM 12/6/08
...Samuel better send me back my damned $50...
Chromeo
Munch
Posted 8:36 AM 12/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: Aye Cap'n. Honest mistake.
Munch
JEmlay
Posted 8:36 AM 12/6/08
Funny...the image on this page is blurred yet the image in the RSS feed is not.
JEmlay
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 8:33 AM 12/6/08
Actually, I worked HP a while back, and some lonely engineer had installed a mini cam in one of the bathrooms.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 8:19 AM 12/6/08
@Munch: You are not the first, nor will you be the last, but since you're here, you get the @:
If you can use an IMG SRC tag, you can use a height=150 tag.
If we all work together, Giz won't ban pictures in the comments because people are posting gigantic things that take up the entire page.
The more you know!
Hiphopopotamus
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 8:16 AM 12/6/08
@shamoononon: Well, that explains why my Ob-Gyn practice is doing so poorly.
92BuickLeSabre
Dudemeister on the Run
Posted 8:13 AM 12/6/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: That picture looks like miss piggy.
hey, who blurred out the face?! That's not nice. I thougth she was kind of hot.
Dudemeister on the Run
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 8:11 AM 12/6/08
@Aloof: LOL, i just noticed that too... hmm, i liked her face before though, the smile made it strangely funny.
@92BuickLeSabre: Nope, you certainly are not an expert on that subject. Normally the face is a bit more like:
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Red3y3Ninja
Posted 8:11 AM 12/6/08
why is the face blurred? I rushed home from work just so I can rub one out to that pretty face...
Sam Ong, I am...
Red3y3Ninja
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:05 AM 12/6/08
@VirreVojj: That's just so weird...I guess everything I need to know I didn't learn in Kindergarten after all.
92BuickLeSabre
VirreVojj
Posted 8:58 AM 12/6/08
@92BuickLeSabre: You're right. You are no expert.
VirreVojj
Seiven
Posted 8:48 AM 12/6/08
@JEmlay: it wasn't earlier and I was wondering why it was changed...lol
Seiven
Jones91
Posted 9:08 AM 12/6/08
@92BuickLeSabre: haha, no actually i only just now watched that video and wow that is pretty messed up as well, but i meant, you have to be messed up to take pics of a lady using the restroom, if your that desperate to see someone naked at least like i dunno, google boobies or something and leave the rest of the world out of it.
Jones91
Joseph
Posted 10:01 AM 12/6/08
@Munch:
GIGGITY GIGGITY AWWWLLLL RIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGHT
Joseph
CutePuppyz
Posted 10:51 AM 12/6/08
Did he really think that he wouldn't get caught with such an OBVIOUS method of snapping? He got what he deserved. It's his own fault for not being more discreet.
CutePuppyz
discounteggroll
Posted 11:26 AM 12/6/08
I'm checking my coat at the door. This is gonna be a long fucking night indeed,..
Diarrhea vi:
virtually silent yet absolutely deadly.
discounteggroll
mordecaidrake
Posted 12:10 PM 12/6/08
i like your last minute blur of the face there?
mordecaidrake
judacris
Posted 11:37 AM 12/6/08
what do you mean "Where Else"?
I'm offended. rrrr.
judacris
iCanhasLs2plz
Posted 3:14 PM 12/6/08
@Chester_Copperpot: hmm...you can do that?
iCanhasLs2plz
FinalValgas
Posted 4:25 PM 12/6/08
The caption is hilarious.
But he should have used the tampon cam. Dumbass.
FinalValgas
michaelleung
Posted 6:14 PM 12/6/08
I hate Singapore.
michaelleung
Dapole
Posted 6:08 PM 12/6/08
She is playing battle shits!
Dapole
cre8design
Posted 3:33 AM 13/6/08
WTF? what kind of a toilet is that??? Looks like some Fred Flintstone kinda SH*&T
cre8design
rjbuddyboi
Posted 5:06 AM 13/6/08
I thought in Singapore misdemeanor charges are punished by beating your bum with a stick. Toink!
rjbuddyboi
TurboFool
Posted 6:54 AM 13/6/08
Psychiatric treatment? For what? You can't psychiatrically treat for stupidity. The kid wasn't disturbed for wanting a peak at a nude woman, he was merely an idiot for actually trying to photograph her with his camera phone and think he could get away with it. I'm not condoning his actions, and the rest of the punishment is logical, but I just don't see what psychiatric treatment is necessary for being horny.
TurboFool
tata123
Posted 10:42 PM 12/6/08
I think there is nothing wrong with this photo..
And definitely believe that the girl is not setting on the toilet bowl..
tata123
helloworld133
Posted 11:46 AM 12/6/08
people like Sean should not be allowed to write for Gizmodo
helloworld133
helloworld133
Posted 11:43 AM 12/6/08
Hey Sean Fallon,
What do you mean by this:
"A man in Singapore (where else)"
Do you like it if someone else says something bout your home country? Why do you generalise? What makes you think all people from Singapore are like that?
In my mind I have nothing else but all foul and nasty words to think for you.
IDIOT.
helloworld133
Deivion
Posted 8:57 AM 12/6/08
I guess the man is going to start using a digital camera instead...
Deivion