South Korea police accuse four of secretly filming hotel guests


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 21 Mar 2019

In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a police officer demonstrates mini-spy cameras installed at hair dryer, as he is shown on a screen, center rear, at a police station in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean police on Thursday, March 21, 2019, say they've arrested four people on suspicion of secretly filming about 1,600 guests in hotel rooms and posting or streaming the footage on the internet. The Korean National Police Agency said Thursday the four men are accused of installing mini-spy cameras in TV set-top boxes, hair dryers or electrical outlets in 42 rooms in 30 hotels throughout South Korea.(Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korean police said March 21 they’ve arrested four people on suspicion of secretly taking videos of about 1,600 guests in hotel rooms and posting or streaming them on the Internet.

The Korean National Police Agency said mini spy cameras were set up in TV set-top boxes, hair dryer cradles or electrical outlets in 42 rooms in 30 hotels in central and southeastern South Korea.

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