Recently, there was a case of a man disguising himself by wearing a hijab to spy on women at a mall in Johor Bahru. If that wasn’t bizarre enough, someone was exposed for specifically targeting expecting mothers.
Yesterday (24th October) a video was circulating on social media, showing an elderly man being apprehended after he was caught secretly taking photos and videos of pregnant women.
@hypemalaysia Preggophilia? An elderly man was caught secretly taking photos of pregnant women in public.
In the (now-deleted) original video, a pregnant woman shared that she had a feeling she was being followed when she was spending the day with her family at an unspecified shopping centre. In the video shared above, the woman managed to catch the stalker in the act and took a video of him for evidence. “The man always had his phone in his hand as if he was recording something. It was so scary,” she said.
Worried for her safety, the victim told her husband about what happened before he confronted the elderly man. The husband demanded to see the man’s phone and much to his horror, photos of his pregnant wife were found in the phone’s gallery. Mall security then took the stalker into custody for questioning and it was then discovered that there were multiple photos and videos of pregnant women on his phone.
The victim was left traumatised following the incident. “I was appropriately dressed but I was still targeted. I never thought this would happen to me especially since I was accompanied by my husband,” she said before warning all pregnant women to be careful. Netizens sympathised with the victim and slammed the predator for his maiesiophilia or preggophilia (fetish for women who are or appear pregnant).
According to Kosmo, the couple filed a police report against the elderly man immediately after the traumatising incident. There is currently no update on whether or not the photos and videos taken by the predator have been shared online.
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