By Khushwant Singh
IN LESS than three hours, a production engineer managed to shoot
85 upskirt videos of unsuspecting women two years ago.
Tham Nam Sang, 47, was charged on Tuesday with 85 counts of
intruding into the privacy of his victims.
His lawyer asked the court for an adjournment to take further
instructions and to arrange for a psychiatric assessment for Tham.
The production engineer looked worried and was fidgety and left the
courtroom immediately after the hearing.
Lawyers told The Straits Times that this is very likely the most
number of charges ever slapped on an upskirt suspect.
According to court documents, Tham is said to have placed a
digital camera in a plastic bag with the lens pointing up to film
videos of the undergarments worn by his victims.
Between 5.10 pm and 7.30 pm on Sept 6, 2008, he is believed to
have visited the Suntec City convention centre, Ngee Ann City
shopping centre as well as several other unknown locations.
By approaching women in short skirts and placing his bag near
their legs, he is said to have filmed their undergarments. The
court was not told if the videos were of 85 different women or if
some of the videos were of the same victim.
