'Curious About Guests' Privacy'... 50s Lodging Staff Recorded Room 12 Times

Secretly Recording by Hiding Smartphone Under Hotel Room Bed

The Criminal Division 11 of Daegu District Court (Chief Judge Kim Sang-yoon) announced on the 3rd that A (51), who was indicted on charges of secretly recording the private lives of guests at a lodging facility (violation of the Communications Privacy Protection Act), was sentenced to 8 months in prison and 1 year of disqualification.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Bong-ju] An employee of a lodging facility was sentenced to prison for secretly recording the private conversations of guests.

On the 3rd, according to the Daegu District Court, the 11th Criminal Division (Chief Judge Kim Sang-yoon) sentenced A (51), who was charged with secretly recording the private conversations of lodging customers (violation of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act), to 8 months in prison and 1 year of disqualification.

A, an employee of a lodging facility in Gyeongbuk, was prosecuted for recording guests' private conversations 12 times from May 19 to May 25 by running a recording app on his mobile phone and hiding it under the bed in the room.

Previously, in 2014, he was also prosecuted for violating the Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes and Protection of Victims (filming using a camera, etc.) and was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison with a 5-year probation.

The court stated the sentencing reasons, saying, "Although the crime is very serious as he recorded others' personal and intimate sounds out of sexual curiosity and satisfaction, there is no evidence that the recordings were leaked elsewhere, and he shows remorse for his wrongdoing."

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