Spied on for two years
NINETEEN students of Kolej Islam Antarabangsa in Gombak thought their privacy could not be better safeguarded in their rented house. They were happy staying in the four-room house in Taman Bullion Mewah in Sentul since 2005.
Moreover, the landlord, who’s married with children, appeared to be a kind man who would attend to their problems promptly. But they found out how wrong they were on Saturday, following the discovery of spy cameras that had been installed in the ceilings of three bathrooms. The girls, in their 20s, did not suspect anything amiss until two days ago. One of them had entered one of the bathrooms when she glanced at the ceiling and saw a foreign object near the fluorescent light.
Curious, she checked with the neighbours if they had similar objects in their bathrooms, and the answer was no. Later, when one of the neighbours took a closer look, he was shocked to discover that the object resembled a spy cam. The girls alerted the police, who arrived at their house about 10pm the same day.
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner K. Kumaran said initial investigations showed that three spy cams were found in the three bathrooms. He said police arrested the 34- year-old house owner the same night. It is learnt that the students called the owner on the pretext of asking him to repair a pipe leakage at the house before he was arrested. Yesterday, police obtained an eight-day remand order on the man. The case is being investigated under Section 292 of the Penal Code for possession of obscene objects.
Five of the 19 students were also at the Sentul police headquarters yesterday to give their statements. One of them, who declined to be named, said they did not know when the spy cams were installed. “Some of the students had spotted the objects early this year, but they did not suspect anything, thinking that these were just components of the ceiling lights,” she said. She also said in view of the case, the students would refer to the management of their college for advice and assistance.
“If we are advised to sue the person responsible for all this, we will, beacause our privacy has been invaded. “We will move out of the house as soon as possible.” She added that the students had informed their parents of the incident. The students described the man as a kind landlord who would attend to problems promptly. He had visited the house to collect rental, bringing along his wife and children. “He would come to the house at least once a month to collect the rental money and he would enter the bathrooms during each of his visits. He also told us to take care of the house and keep it clean,” a student said.
Source : The Malay Mail
Moreover, the landlord, who’s married with children, appeared to be a kind man who would attend to their problems promptly. But they found out how wrong they were on Saturday, following the discovery of spy cameras that had been installed in the ceilings of three bathrooms. The girls, in their 20s, did not suspect anything amiss until two days ago. One of them had entered one of the bathrooms when she glanced at the ceiling and saw a foreign object near the fluorescent light.
Curious, she checked with the neighbours if they had similar objects in their bathrooms, and the answer was no. Later, when one of the neighbours took a closer look, he was shocked to discover that the object resembled a spy cam. The girls alerted the police, who arrived at their house about 10pm the same day.
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner K. Kumaran said initial investigations showed that three spy cams were found in the three bathrooms. He said police arrested the 34- year-old house owner the same night. It is learnt that the students called the owner on the pretext of asking him to repair a pipe leakage at the house before he was arrested. Yesterday, police obtained an eight-day remand order on the man. The case is being investigated under Section 292 of the Penal Code for possession of obscene objects.
Five of the 19 students were also at the Sentul police headquarters yesterday to give their statements. One of them, who declined to be named, said they did not know when the spy cams were installed. “Some of the students had spotted the objects early this year, but they did not suspect anything, thinking that these were just components of the ceiling lights,” she said. She also said in view of the case, the students would refer to the management of their college for advice and assistance.
“If we are advised to sue the person responsible for all this, we will, beacause our privacy has been invaded. “We will move out of the house as soon as possible.” She added that the students had informed their parents of the incident. The students described the man as a kind landlord who would attend to problems promptly. He had visited the house to collect rental, bringing along his wife and children. “He would come to the house at least once a month to collect the rental money and he would enter the bathrooms during each of his visits. He also told us to take care of the house and keep it clean,” a student said.
Source : The Malay Mail
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