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SINGAPORE: A serial voyeur who was released from his latest prison stint took up a job as a part-time student care teacher and took multiple videos of boys defecating in toilets.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said Ezekiel Isaiah Tee Xu Jie specifically targeted boys aged between nine and 15 at a church or student care centres he had applied to work at or near and checked their age before selecting his victims.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Apr 1) to three counts of voyeurism, with another two charges to be considered in sentencing.<\/p>\n
The court imposed a gag order preventing the publication of anything that might identify the victims. This includes the locations of the offences.<\/p>\n
Tee had been convicted thrice before of voyeurism-related offences.<\/p>\n
On Apr 25, 2025, he was released from prison on remission and applied to work as a part-time student care teacher.<\/p>\n
He started work in early July 2025.<\/p>\n
On Aug 2, 2025, Tee attended an evening mass at a church before going to a men’s toilet.<\/p>\n
He bent down and looked at the person’s legs to confirm it was a young boy.<\/p>\n
He then went to the adjacent cubicle and filmed the boy defecating by placing his phone over the partition separating their cubicles.<\/p>\n
The boy was below the age of 14 at the time.<\/p>\n
A few days later on Aug 8, 2025, Tee was looking after his class when he felt “an urge to observe young boys defecating”.<\/p>\n
He went to the toilet and again checked the occupant’s legs. After confirming that a boy was inside, he filmed the boy defecating with his phone.<\/p>\n
Tee was finally caught when on Aug 13, 2025, an 11-year-old student using the toilet looked up and saw Tee’s phone pointed at him.<\/p>\n
He shouted “Eh!” and Tee retracted his phone and went to urinate at a urinal.<\/p>\n
The boy finished defecating and then hurriedly left while Tee was still at the urinal.<\/p>\n
He told his teacher what happened and a police report was lodged. The police arrested Tee later that day and seized his phone.<\/p>\n
He admitted that he had committed the offences for his “own pleasure” and that he felt excited watching young boys defecating.<\/p>\n
He also said he preferred his victims to be aged between nine and 15.<\/p>\n
As Tee had reoffended while on remission, he faces an enhanced jail term.<\/p>\n
Deputy Public Prosecutor Daniel Foo sought 33 to 40 months’ jail with caning and an enhanced sentence of 32 to 49 days’ jail for Tee.<\/p>\n
He said Tee is “a serial voyeur of young boys” and that this was his fourth time being convicted of such offences.<\/p>\n
“The accused increased the frequency and severity of his offending significantly with each conviction, and has now reoffended with a vengeance,” said Mr Foo.<\/p>\n
He said it is “both unfortunate and fortuitous that his latest victim was made aware of the crime committed against him, as the accused is now in remand as a result, without the means to terrorise any more young boys”.<\/p>\n
He said Tee has continued to be “a menace to the community despite his previous reformative training and imprisonment term”.<\/p>\n
Mr Foo said there was a high degree of premeditation and planning in this case, and that Tee was “highly exploitative in his choice of where to commit the offences”.<\/p>\n
He said Tee had taken advantage of safe spaces where young boys were supposed to be taken care of and be able to worship peacefully.<\/p>\n
Tee’s lawyer said his client had exercised a “very wrong coping mechanism” for his condition but needs to be guided on the right path.<\/p>\n
At this, the judge said this was his second conviction as an adult offender.<\/p>\n
She adjourned mitigation and sentencing to the end of April.<\/p>\n
For voyeurism against minors, Tee could be jailed for up to two years and fined or caned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n