Cameras found in hospital toilet 'could be inside job'

BENTONG - The three hidden cameras found in the female staff washroom at Bentong Hospital here last week could be an inside job, said Pahang Health department director Datuk Dr Norhizan Ismail.

Dr Norhizan said the toilet at the Emergency Department building catered only for female employees.

"The public are not allowed to use the toilet as it may disturb doctors and nurses who are on duty," he said yesterday.

"The hospital has surrendered the devices to the police and if investigations reveal that hospital employees are responsible, then action will be taken.

"Disciplinary action will be taken against the culprit as the department will not tolerate people with such behaviour.

"Let the police carry out their investigations and the Health Department is prepared to provide full cooperation in assisting them."

Dr Norhizan said a female employee had found one of the cameras hidden under the wash basin while two others were later found behind a coat hook and inside a small black casing on the wall.

"After being informed about the cameras, I went to meet the employees at the hospital before a police report was lodged at 6pm on Thursday," he said.

District police chief Superintendent Mohamad Mansor Mohd Nor said the electronic devices had been sent to the forensic lab to verify whether they had been used to capture videos or images.

Last week, a female hospital staff who was using the washroom noticed a flickering light coming from under the wash basin.

When she took a closer look at the object, she was shocked to spot a camera.

She searched the toilet and discovered two other cameras.

A hospital staff is believed to have uploaded the pictures of the cameras on Facebook before it was posted on MyWatch, a local crime monitoring body's Twitter account.