More than 10 months’ jail for teacher in S’pore who took upskirt videos of colleagues and students


The teacher’s offences came to light when a female teacher, who was one of the victims, suspected that he had been taking upskirt videos and alerted the police on July 14, 2018. — Image by wirestock on Freepik

SINGAPORE: A teacher who took 170 upskirt videos of at least 47 different victims, including his then colleagues and students, was sentenced to 10 months and two weeks’ jail on Tuesday. The offences were committed from 2015 to 2018.

The names of the former discipline master, a 50-year-old father of three, and the school cannot be disclosed due to a gag order to protect the victims’ identities.

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