'I don't know why I did this': Ex-Singapore embassy counsellor admits to secretly filming boy in Tokyo bathhouse
A counsellor at the Singapore Embassy in Japan who admitted to secretly filming a boy at a public bath in Tokyo, among other acts of voyeurism, is set to be asked to appear in a Japanese court, the Japanese media reported on May 2.
The 55-year-old man, who has not been named, has since left the foreign service. A counsellor is a diplomatic rank for experienced foreign service officers.
He was caught using a smartphone to film an undressed male teenager in the men's changing room of a public bath on Feb 27, Asahi Shimbun reported.
A security camera at the bathhouse caught the Singaporean pointing his smartphone at another male customer, the Japanese daily reported.
The incident was reported to the police by an employee of the bathhouse in Tokyo's Minato ward, where the Singapore embassy is located.
The embassy told Asahi Shimbun on May 2 that the counsellor had already returned to Singapore. An embassy spokesman said the man had completed his mission and left Japan on April 12, adding that it was not aware about the filming incident.
The embassy did not respond to The Straits Times when contacted.