Seoul to check public loos daily as anger boils over ‘spycam porn’


KUALA LUMPUR: Amid anger over 'spycam porn', authorities in Seoul have pledged to conduct daily checks in public toilets, but campaigners on Monday called for stronger regulations on hidden cameras commonly used to target women. 

The Seoul city government announced that the number of workers tasked to uncover hidden cameras at the city's 20,554 public toilets would be boosted from 50 to 8,000, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. 

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