‘Hotel employee filmed me in shower’
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Gerakan has urged a five-star hotel here to act on a woman’s complaint that a staff member had recorded a video of her showering at the gym earlier this month.
Its complaints bureau chief, H’ng Khoon Leng, said the 30year-old woman had lodged a report on June 9, when the incident happened at 10pm.
“The hotel staff member was interrogated and his mobile phone confiscated for forensic investigation, but he was released.
“It has been 10 days since and no one has been charged.
“Even the hotel management was not cooperative when she (the victim) complained to them,” he said here yesterday.
The woman, who wanted to be identified only as Chan, said she saw someone holding a mobile phone above her cubicle door while she was showering.
She, however, could not identify the person.
Chan called her husband, and they complained to the hotel management.
They requested the closed circuit television (CCTV) camera footage, but the hotel refused to provide it. She suspected that the culprit might be one of the gym staff members.
Chan said the gym management revealed the footage two days later, which showed a man entering the women’s restroom on the night of the incident.
“Instead of taking action against the man, they asked me if I want to cancel my gym membership and offered me free buffet vouchers instead.
“We want the hotel to take full responsibility for the incident and assure guests of their safety and privacy.”
Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Che Zaimani Che Awang advised the victim to refer the case to the police.
“We advise them to meet our officers for assistance,” he said yesterday.