Hidden Cameras Are Allegedly Recording M'sians In H&M Fitting Rooms
SAYS has contacted H&M regarding this criminal activity, and the fashion label has confirmed that an investigation is underway.
By Aqasha Nur’aiman — 11 Jan 2023, 02:43 PM — Updated over 1 year ago
A woman has alleged that irresponsible Malaysians are selling videos of individuals changing in fitting rooms on the Internet
The woman, @meleisgw, tweeted that she is traumatised after discovering an online seller on Twitter's seedier underbelly, the Dark Side (DS), promoting videos of these innocent shoppers.
She also included a screenshot of the alleged seller's online files for their buyers to view.
In the screenshot, five individuals can be seen in fitting rooms, believed to be in an outlet of a popular fashion retail brand, H&M.
"I found the picture floating around online and from my understanding, these videos are being sold on Twitter and people have already purchased them. Someone said these videos were originally advertised on the MeWe application," the woman told SAYS.
Several Twitter users have reached out to the woman, claiming that they have been victims of the alleged syndicate
One anonymous user claimed to be one of the victims in the screenshot and asked the woman where she got the image from.
"One of the people in that video is me, and it has caused embarrassment after the video was published publicly," said the alleged victim.
"By the way, the fitting room is at H&M, if I am not mistaken. I bought a shirt from there, and the videos might have been filmed on 6 October 2022."
SAYS has contacted H&M regarding this criminal activity, and the fashion label has confirmed that an investigation is underway
"The safety of our customers is of utmost importance to us. A police report has been made and investigations are currently ongoing," they said.
"We have conducted an inspection of all fitting rooms and are working to ensure that there are no security breaches that will compromise the privacy of our customers."
H&M, however, did not disclose which store was involved.
If you or someone you know may be at risk or has experienced sexual abuse or assault, please reach out to these Malaysian organisations:
1. WOMEN'S AID ORGANISATION (WAO)
Operating hours: 24-hour
Contact: +603-30008858
SMS/WhatsApp: +6018-9888058
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2. ALL WOMEN'S ACTION SOCIETY (AWAM)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (9.30am - 5.30pm)
Contact: +603-78770224
WhatsApp/Telegram: +6016-2284221 | +6016-2374221
Email: [email protected]
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3. WOMEN'S CENTRE FOR CHANGE PENANG (WCC PENANG)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (9am - 5pm)
Contact: +604-2280342 | +604-3988340
WhatsApp: +6011-31084001 | +6016-4180342
Email: [email protected]
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4. SARAWAK WOMEN FOR WOMEN SOCIETY (SWWS)
Operating hours: Monday (7pm - 9pm),Tuesday to Thursday (9.30am - 11.30am), Saturday (2pm - 4pm)
Contact: +6082-368853
SMS/WhatsApp: +6016-5822660 | +6013-8044285
Email: [email protected]
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5. SABAH WOMEN'S ACTION-RESOURCE GROUP (SAWO)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (9am - 5pm)
Contact: +6088-280200 | +6011-27908020
Email: [email protected]
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6. PROTECT AND SAVE THE CHILDREN (PS THE CHILDREN)
Operating hours: Monday to Friday (3pm - 12am)
WhatsApp: +6016-7213065
Email: [email protected]
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7. INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION (IWF)
Anonymously and confidentially report child sexual abuse content and non-photographic child sexual abuse images with IWF's Reporting Portal.
