Hi-tech peeping Tom granted bail

Hi-tech peeping Tom granted bail

MALAYSIA: A Malaysian court has freed on bail an Italian economist who allegedly peeped underneath the skirt of a student using a video camera, it was reported on Tuesday.

Luca Dal Pozzo was detained earlier this month after a 30-year-old female student claimed she caught him recording her thighs and buttocks while she was going up a shopping mall escalator in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The 39-year-old economist was released on Monday morning after posting bail of 10,000 ringgit (US$2,632), the Star reported.

Pozzo had sought a trial on charges that he had placed his video camera beneath the escalator with the hopes of catching a glimpse beneath the student's skirt, the report said. He faces a five-year jail sentence if found guilty. --DPA