A MAN was jailed for eight weeks for video-taping the upskirts of women with his camera phone.

Seerangan Soundararajan, 27, pleaded guilty to three counts of insulting the modesty of women - on the escalator at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station at Orchard Road on Oct 28 last year and two other occasions the same year.

A 32-year-old man was on the escalator at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station last Oct 28 when he saw Soundararajan video-taping the upskirt of an unknown victim.

He followed the culprit and stopped him before he could take the north-bound train. The police were called.

Six other similar charges were taken into consideration.