The clerk secretly filmed 21 women and was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison. The prison guard in the stolen goods warehouse was sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison for committing theft.

The then secretary of the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office, Lin Haolun, secretly filmed 21 female colleagues using the toilet, taking a shower, and other private scenes 82 times. In July last year, he was sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The prosecutors found that while he was working in the stolen goods warehouse, he committed theft and misappropriated evidence that should be destroyed. He also secretly transferred and collected the private video evidence files of the victims in the candid filming case. (File photo)

Lin Haolun, the then secretary of the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office, secretly filmed 21 female colleagues 82 times during his tenure, including using the toilet and taking a shower. In July last year, he was sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The prosecutors also found that he was working as a stolen goods warehouse during his tenure. During the period, he committed theft and misappropriated evidence that should be destroyed, and also secretly transferred and collected the private video evidence files of the victims of the candid filming case. He was prosecuted and tried separately. The Supreme Court upheld the second-instance judgment of the High Court and sentenced him to 4 years in prison in June.

Lin Haolun has already served his sentence in prison. After the case is finalized, the High Court will separately rule on the sentence that should be combined with the previous case.

The judgment pointed out that Lin Nan has served as the clerk of the prosecutor's stolen goods warehouse since March 2021, responsible for the safekeeping and destruction of items seized in criminal cases. He should have abided by his duties and ensured that the flow of evidence and the handling procedures were legal. However, he repeatedly abused his position and authority and misappropriated evidence that should have been destroyed, including mobile phones, laptops, and pinhole cameras.

In addition to misappropriating physical exhibits, Lin Nan also took out the memory card and candid video files in the secret tampering case without authorization, copied and retained them at will, inflicting a second degree of infringement on the victim's privacy rights, and repeatedly committed acts of embezzlement and theft.

The Court of First Instance found that Mr. Lin repeatedly abused his position and authority, misappropriated exhibits that should be destroyed without authorization, and once again damaged the victim’s sexual privacy rights. The means and consequences of the crime were not minor. He repeatedly committed embezzlement behaviors, had a weak concept of the rule of law, and shook people’s trust in the fairness and integrity of the judicial system. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. The high court of second instance reduced the sentence to 4 years and 6 months in prison. The Supreme Court dismissed Lin’s appeal and the entire case was settled.

As for Lin's previous candid filming case, when he was serving in the Civil Service Inspectorate, he installed a micro-pinhole camera in the bathroom and other places of the Civil Service Investigation Building to secretly film female colleagues changing clothes, bathing and other private scenes. He secretly filmed 21 women a total of 82 times in 3 years. In July last year, the Supreme Court sentenced him to 3 years and 6 months in prison and a one-year fine for "recording sexual images without reason". He has already been sentenced to prison.