Concerns over the increasing problem of voyeurism have prompted law changes that will make it a separate sexual offence with heavier punishments, possibly caning, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.Mr Shanmugam said:"It shows that the Government is taking this very seriously. It is also a psychological, philosophical setting out that this is very serious."
Ms Monica Baey, 23, had taken to social media to express her frustration at what she felt was too light a punishment for the fellow student who filmed her secretly while she was taking a shower at the university's Eusoff Hall.Mr Shanmugam, referring to the case, told The Straits Times last Thursday that the Criminal Law Reform Bill will give greater possibilities for punishment in future.
But under the proposed changes, the non-consensual observation or recording of someone doing a private act will become a specific offence by itself. It will also be harder for perpetrators to get away scot-free in cases where victims in the videos cannot be identified. The law will include a presumption that victims did not consent to being observed or recorded, which means those caught with such films will have to prove they were given permission in the first place.Even then, he added, there was a need for discretion to be exercised, depending on the facts of each case.
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