A 19-year-old commuter reported a man to the police who she said was taking photos of her cleavage on the train.
Identifying herself only as Catharine, she said that she confronted the man seated across from her after noticing he was attempting to discreetly focus on her chest with his phone camera, which she said contained her images as well as “racy pictures” of others compiled in a photo album.
“[A]s the train was reaching [N]ewton station I looked up and saw his phone at a really weird angle. I didn’t want to assume at first so I looked at the reflection in the window (the train was underground so I could see his phone SUPER CLEARLY). I then took out my phone to video him and then confronted him myself right after,” she told Coconuts today.
She said she was traveling along the North-South train Monday night when the encounter occurred.
Catharine then decided to stop the moving train by pressing on the emergency button while her friend called the police, she said.
The police confirmed with Coconuts today that they were looking into the matter without elaborating further. Catharine said that the matter was being investigated “under intentional harassment and not sexual harassment because of the lack of evidence.”
She had boarded the train at Ang Mo Kio station but only took notice of the man four stops later. Through the window reflection, Catharine said that she could see that the man was “zooming” and photographing her chest.
“[H]e then agreed and went into his gallery, he then went into his album and [I] saw pictures/videos of me in his phone before he tilted his phone away and changed to another album. [H]e then showed me an album full of racy pictures of pornstars/women,” she wrote on Twitter yesterday.
A video she shared showed the creepy commuter in a blue polo shirt and black pants, carrying a black backpack. Another photo showed the man talking to train staff.
TW- sexual harassment
hi guys this is hard for me to talk about because it was so fresh, but i refuse to stay silent about it.
on 17 may, my friend and i were on the train reaching newton station, i looked up and saw the man pointing his phone at us in a really suspicious- pic.twitter.com/OvibBzTSQR— catto (@cathariiine_) May 19, 2021
Police arrived about an hour after the incident, she said.
“[T]he guy wanted to leave but [luckily] the train operator came out as we were at the front. [T]he whole time we were in close proximity which made me really uncomfortable,” she wrote.
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