Peeping toms legal in RP

Peeping toms legal in RP

MANILA (AFP): Philippine lawmakers on Wednesday started
working on a bill outlawing voyeurism after discovering the
country had no law against peeping toms.

"There is no criminal liability on voyeurs so we have to draft
legislation related to this," Robert Barbers, head of the Senate
committee on public safety, said in an interview on government
television.

Last week, a local television station reported that a gang of
peeping toms was using hidden cameras to spy on women in
bathrooms and fitting closets in Manila shopping malls.

A member of the gang had sent the television station footage
of its victims, which were partially broadcast, provoking outrage
from womens' rights groups.