A first class traveller is facing video voyeurism charges after allegedly placing a hidden camera in an airplane’s bathroom.
Malaysian national Choon Ping Lee is accused of putting the video camera in the bathroom on a United Airlines flight from San Diego to Houston.
A female passenger ‘noticed an item with a blue blinking light’. She handed it over to flight crew, who passed it on to the police.
The FBI took over the investigation and spent weeks tracking down the camera’s owner.
Analysis of footage identified clothing and jewelry worn by the suspect and he was eventually tracked down via airport CCTV footage.
Lee was identified as an employee at Halliburton, and the company cooperated with the investigation to confirm his identity.
Forensic analysis of the device also uncovered deleted files captured from a previous Emirates flight.
If convicted Lee could be jailed for one year.
