Man arrested after cameras found in Hong Kong gym changing rooms
Hong Kong police have arrested a 34-year-old local man after three suspected pinhole cameras were discovered in separate changing rooms at a gym in Sha Tin. Investigators were alerted after a member found one device attached to a false ceiling. Voyeurism carries a maximum five-year prison sentence under Hong Kong law.
Hong Kong police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the discovery of three suspected pinhole cameras in changing rooms at a gym in Sha Tin. The arrest was made on Sunday, a day after officers began investigating a suspected voyeurism case at a 24/7 Fitness branch on Lek Yuen Street. Police said the local man was arrested in Sha Tin and remained in custody while inquiries continued.
Officers were alerted on Friday after a suspected camera was found attached with black tape to the false ceiling of a changing room. A subsequent search of the branch uncovered three suspected pinhole cameras in three separate changing rooms. The case came to light after a male gym member posted a video online describing an unusually wide seam in the false ceiling.
He said he lifted a ceiling panel and found what appeared to be a pinhole camera secured with black tape. The member reported the discovery to police, according to the supplied material. Officers from a Sha Tin district investigation team are handling the case.
Police did not provide details of any charges or say whether footage had been recovered. The investigation was continuing at the time of the report. Voyeurism is punishable by a maximum of five years’ imprisonment under Hong Kong law.
Police said inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the installation of the devices were ongoing.
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