The sophistication of technology is both a blessing and a curse.
It has made the lives of everyone easier – including creeps and perverts.
Hidden cameras can now be easily disguised as anything from coat hooks to power sockets with almost no way of detecting them normally.
Case after case, it would be no wonder if women are afraid to undress in anywhere other than their own home.
Thankfully, such cases are close to zero in Singapore.
However, our neighbours from across the bridge may not be so lucky.
Spy Camera Found In Holiday Apartment
A group of three Malaysian women flew to Porto, Portugal for a holiday and decided to stay at a holiday apartment instead of a hotel.
Rubee Woo, who made a Facebook post detailing this event, was about to spend her first night with her friends when they made a horrifying discovery.
One of her friends was about to take a shower but was eagle-eyed enough to notice something amiss about the power socket.
I personally wouldn’t have seen anything wrong with it.
Woman’s instinct, I guess?
She decided to probe further with her phone’s flashlight and found a hidden camera lodged within.
Siao liao. Now how leh?
This kind of situation see a lot on TV or on Internet, but now happen to me, dunno what to do wor.
Find new place to stay? But now so late le, past midnight already leh.
Plus the owner downstairs only, later alert him how.
Then how wor? Call police?
Call lo.
The police arrived 30 minutes later and got to work, removing the camera from the socket.
When departing the apartment for another hotel, Woo mentioned that the owner “didn’t dare to look us in the eye” and seemed “shift-eyed” and thus she was “200% sure” that he was guilty.
Cops Smoking With Owner?
While leaving, Woo also claimed to have witnessed the policemen taking a smoke break together with the owner of the apartment.
Sudden best friends?
Maybe this is their conversation.
P: “Eh, you spy on those Asian girls ah?”
O: “Ya, my cameras zai right?”
P: “Nice, high-five bro.”
Okay I certainly hope not. Besides they’re Portuguese so they wouldn’t speak in Singlish.
However, this made Woo unsure if the police report made was going to result in any actions taken.
Thinking that there could be possible racism going on, she decided to make another report with the tourist police as well as with Booking.com, where she made the booking for the apartment.
Property Suspended & Investigations Underway
A spokesperson for Booking.com has stated that they have suspended the property from their site and made a refund to the customers, including their relocation costs.
Kudos, Booking.com.
The tourist police and Booking.com are also currently investigating the case, with the former informing Woo that “there won’t be an update so soon”.
With this, Woo also urges us all to “be wary of hidden cameras. I used to think that it wouldn’t happen to me and now it has”.
If you’re now paranoid of hidden cameras in your hotel, you can check for it with your phone, though the best solution is this: always stay vigilant.
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