A man surnamed Fan secretly photographed his cousin showering and going to the toilet for two years. The victim filed a lawsuit. The High Court sentenced Fan Nan to 6 months in prison for the crime of obstructing secrets and fined him 180,000 yuan.

(Photo by reporter Yang Guowen)

[Reporter Yang Guowen/Taipei Report] A man surnamed Fan was accused of using his wife’s cousin to live in his residence to take care of his family. Over the past two years, he secretly took videos and photos of him showering and going to the toilet with his mobile phone. The police went to hunt for 941 people. With so many files, Fan Nan confessed to the crime and asked for forgiveness, but the victim refused to withdraw the complaint. The High Court sentenced Fan Nan to 6 months in prison for the crime of obstructing secrets, and he was fined 180,000 yuan.

The judgment pointed out that because of his wife's poor health three years ago, the man surnamed Fan moved his unmarried cousin into Fan's house to help take care of his cousin and her young children.

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Unexpectedly, Fan Nan saw that the other party was quite beautiful, so he became interested. From November 20, 2019 to November 21, 2021, he often took videos and photos of his cousin showering and going to the toilet with his mobile phone from the gap in the bathroom window. Or take a sneak peek of her in skimpy pajamas from the crack of her room door.

The victim did not find out that she had been secretly photographed for two years. It was not until November 21, 2021, when she was in the shower late at night, that she was discovered to be secretly photographed by Fan Nan. She was so annoyed that she immediately called the police.

The police were reported and confiscated Fan Nan's mobile phone, flash drive, etc., and found that Fan Nan had been secretly filming for as long as 2 years, and there were as many as 941 video and photo files, which is an astonishing number.

Fan Nan confessed to the crime of secretly filming and asked for reconciliation.

However, the victim was unwilling to withdraw the crime of obstructing secrecy, which was a complaint, and insisted on prosecuting to the end.

The Shilin District Court pointed out that in order to satisfy his lust, Fan Nan secretly took videos and photos of his wife’s cousin’s private body parts such as showering and toileting for two years, causing serious physical and mental harm to the victim. He has always pleaded guilty and intends to reconcile, and his crime should be punished as a continuing crime, with a light sentence of 6 months in prison and a fine of 180,000 yuan by Yike.

The prosecutor thought the sentence was too light and appealed, but the high court found that Fan Nan pleaded guilty from the beginning and had the intention of reconciliation, and the sentence of the first instance was appropriate.