A VIDEO of a man being confronted by a woman's husband at a lady's restroom in Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Bintang has since gone viral on Threads.
The man was allegedly caught peeping at the woman over a toilet cubicle.
So, was a peeping tom nabbed for spying on a woman at a Bukit Bintang toilet?
Verdict:
TRUE
Yes, a 21-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly peeping at a woman through the upper partition of a cubicle while she was using a women's toilet at a building in Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Dang Wangi OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Azwan Amin Nordin said police received a report at 12.01am on Monday (Nov 9) from a 37-year-old woman.
She claimed she noticed an unidentified man peeping at her through the upper section of the toilet cubicle.
"The woman was startled and screamed before seeking help from her husband," he said in a statement on Monday.
He said police subsequently arrested the suspect, who has been remanded for three days from Nov 9 to 11 to assist in investigations.
"The case is being investigated under Section 509 of the Penal Code and Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955," he added.
ACP Ahmad Azwan said police had also detected a 24-second video of the incident circulating on Threads.
He urged anyone with information on the incident to contact the Kuala Lumpur police hotline at 03-2146 0522 or 03-2146 0585, the Dang Wangi district police headquarters control centre at 03-2600 2222, or the nearest police station.
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