S'pore student, 20, confronts man secretly taking photos of girls near Bugis while wife was with him

A woman in Singapore said she saw a man taking photos of two girls before he allegedly turned his camera on her on Jul. 23.

When she confronted him, the man showed her his photo gallery and claimed the photos were not of her.

He only deleted the images after his wife, who was nearby, told him to do so.

The woman later posted a video of the encounter on TikTok.

She told Mothership that she wanted to document the incident to protect herself and encourage other women to speak up if they experience something similar.

@jokaaqi happened near haji lane…… also i was lowkey scared at first bcs after he took pics of them, he started taking pics of me and i just avoided eye contact but bro continued on for so long and pointed the camera right at me….he asked for it man…didn’t expect him to own up this fast after i ended the video i asked him to clear his recently deleted too bruh stay safe girls and guys #sg ♬ 原声 - jokaaqi

Saw man taking photos of two girls

The woman, who declined to be named, said she was buying snacks at a 7-Eleven convenience store when she noticed the man pointing his phone camera at two girls.

"I felt that it was weird so I walked closer to the door and his camera screen was the back view of the two girls (not zoomed in yet)," the 20-year-old said.

After paying for her items, she went to wait for a bus at a bus stop near Jalan Sultan.

By then, the two girls had boarded another bus and left.

Man allegedly took photos of her

The woman said she was standing beside a 7-Eleven signboard when the man started pointing his phone directly at her.

"Then I was taken aback and a bit scared so I just avoided him by moving backwards to a corner where he can’t take pics of me," she said.

However, she said the man continued pointing his phone at her.

She eventually plucked up the courage to confront him.

When she told him she had seen him taking photos of her, the man denied it, saying his wife was standing nearby.

Thinking she might have misunderstood the situation, she asked to see his photo gallery.

According to the woman, he showed it to her, but only after quickly deleting several photos.

She then took out her phone to record the interaction and asked him to show his gallery again.

By then, his wife had walked over from where she had been standing near a pillar at the bus stop.

The man continued denying the allegation until the woman pointed to what she said was a zoomed-in photo of the two girls' skirts.

He could be heard saying "shit" in the TikTok video.

He also showed the woman a photo of the two girls and said, "but that's not you".

The woman insisted that he had still taken photos of the two girls.

The woman said his wife appeared concerned before sighing and saying, "delete la delete la", after which the man finally agreed to delete the photos.

Wanted to speak up

The woman, who is a student at the National University of Singapore, said she was initially frightened and considered simply walking away.

"But I just wanted to warn him because his behaviour was so weird and I was scared he would film other girls," she said.

In Singapore, it is typically not against the law to take videos or photographs of another person in public without their consent.

However, it becomes an offence if it involves filming another person who is engaged in a private act without permission or recording an image of the person's private parts that would not usually be visible without consent.

One example is taking upskirt pictures on the escalator.

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