• A Singaporean doctor faces around 500 charges related to secretly recording 4,500 videos in Australian hospitals.
• Ryan Cho was released on bail and must live with his parents while awaiting trial.
• The judge noted no allegations of disseminating the recorded images.

Ryan Cho, a 28-year-old trainee surgeon, has been released on bail after facing serious allegations of secretly video recording his colleagues in the restrooms of Australian hospitals. He is currently charged with approximately 500 offenses related to the alleged recording of about 4,500 intimate videos primarily made in three Melbourne hospitals since 2021. This revelation was made as part of police documents submitted in the Victoria state Supreme Court, according to Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, CBS News.

The judge, Justice James Elliott, allowed Cho's bail release under strict conditions, including living with his parents, who relocated from Singapore to Melbourne for his son’s support. They were required to present a surety of A$50,000 (US$32,000). Prosecutors argued concerns about him potentially fleeing given his lack of significant ties to Australia after being suspended from his medical position, according to documents cited in court, as reported by Channel News Asia and CBS News.

Allegations indicate that Cho recorded intimate images of at least 460 women without their consent, yet there is no report of any dissemination of the recorded material. His legal representative, Julian McMahon, has dismissed fears regarding potential witness tampering, indicating that the case involves numerous individuals coming forward with similar allegations. "There’s a sense here that if my client were to engage in the criminal offence of interfering with witnesses that it wouldn't affect the outcome of the case," McMahon stated, as reported by South China Morning Post and CBS News.

Cho was initially charged with six offenses, but this was expanded to include an additional 127 charges, including the intentional recording of intimate images without permission. As of now, it remains uncertain if the case will proceed to trial, with Cho yet to enter a plea. He has been studying medicine in Australia since he arrived as a student in 2017, attending Melbourne’s Monash University, according to Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, and CBS News.