Hawaii Consulate General Staff Arrested on Charges of Illegal Filming in Women's Restroom

Local Court Raises Bail to $100,000

An employee of the U.S. Consulate General in Honolulu, Hawaii, was arrested by local police on charges of installing and filming with an illegal camera in the women's restroom.

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The office of Lee Jae-gang, a member of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, announced on the 17th that consulate employee A was arrested on the 4th (local time) for installing an illegal camera in the women's restroom within the consulate and filming fellow employees.

It is reported that A illegally filmed fellow employees at the time of the incident. He is known to have committed the crime by placing a mobile phone inside a small black box with a tiny hole and leaving it inside the restroom.

Initially, A attempted to post bail for release, but the local court raised the bail amount from $15,000 (approximately 20.58 million KRW) to $100,000 (approximately 137.25 million KRW) considering the seriousness of the crime.

A is scheduled to appear in the local court that day to make a personal statement.