04.11.2026 08:01
It has emerged that 28-year-old Aaron Phang Xue Hui in Singapore secretly photographed and video-recorded women's intimate areas between 2019 and 2024. The man, who was caught thanks to the attention of an on-duty manager while recording under a woman's skirt at a metro station, had 183 images found on his phone and hard drives.
The crimes committed by 28-year-old Aaron Phang Xue Hui, who secretly filmed women in Singapore for years, came to light thanks to the attention of a manager on duty at an MRT station. Numerous photos and videos were found on the digital devices of the man, who recorded the intimate areas of women he did not know without permission between 2019 and 2024. Phang, brought before the court, pleaded guilty, and the prison sentence handed down to him has also been announced.
CAUGHT RED-HANDED AT MRT STATION
The incident occurred on July 3, 2024, at Woodlands MRT station in Singapore. An official serving as a general manager at SMRT noticed Aaron Phang Xue Hui holding his mobile phone toward under a woman's skirt.
The suspicious manager intervened and confronted Phang, then called the police. Police teams arriving at the scene upon the report detained the suspect.
183 PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FOUND ON HIS DEVICES
Police teams seized the detained man's mobile phone and two hard drives. Examinations of the digital devices found a total of 183 photos and videos belonging to women Phang did not know.
Among the images were secret recordings targeting women's under-skirt and chest areas. In some photos and videos, the victims' faces were also clearly visible.
According to court documents, the oldest image seized dated to September 2019. It emerged that Phang had recorded such images for about 5 years.
HE FILED THE IMAGES BY DATE
Another detail that emerged during the investigation was the suspect's method of storing the images. It was determined that Phang organized the photos and videos he took into separate folders by date.
It was found that he recorded 63 photos and videos in the January-July 2024 period alone. These included the final image that led to his being caught at the MRT station.
During the investigation, Phang admitted that he had taken the images himself. He also confessed that he used these recordings at home for sexual gratification.
PROSECUTION: HE COMMITTED CRIMES SERIALLY
During the trial, the prosecution drew attention to the fact that the defendant repeatedly committed the same crime for about 5 years.
Describing Phang as a serial voyeuristic offender, the prosecution emphasized that the crimes spanned a long period.
Prosecutors stated that the defendant's actions ended only thanks to the attention of the SMRT manager and requested a prison sentence of between 8 months 3 weeks and 11 months.
SENTENCED TO 7 MONTHS AND 2 WEEKS IN PRISON
Phang, who had previously pleaded guilty to four separate voyeurism charges, had three more charges taken into account when determining the sentence.
At the sentencing hearing held on November 2, the 28-year-old defendant was sentenced to 7 months and 2 weeks in prison.
According to information in the local press, Phang's family was also present at the sentencing hearing. While announcing the sentence, the judge said he did not want to see the defendant in court again.