Inspections of retail spaces are to be extended to 17 big-box and department stores from tomorrow, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said yesterday, after a surveillance camera was found in a fitting room at a local store.
Lu said at a news conference that city inspections had previously focused on cosmetic surgery clinics, sports facilities with changing rooms, and saunas, but from tomorrow, the city would also inspect about 17 department stores and other big-box stores with fitting rooms, as they could be “hot spots” for covert filming in the city.
The move came in response to the discovery of a surveillance camera pointing toward a mirror inside a fitting room at an Under Armour store on the fourth floor of Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Taichung.
Photo courtesy of the Taichung City Government
A woman in a social media post on Monday said that she immediately reported the situation to police, and police found that the camera had recorded “inappropriate footage.”
Taichung police said they seized the surveillance system’s host computer and cameras, and questioned LaLaport and Under Armour employees before handing the case over to the Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office, although no suspects had yet been identified.
The Taichung Economic Development Bureau on Tuesday said that Under Armour had removed the camera, and its headquarters had launched a full inspection of surveillance equipment and camera angles at its directly managed stores nationwide.
LaLaport has hidden camera detectors installed, and private areas such as restrooms and fitting rooms are inspected regularly, while sales spaces are checked by floor staff assigned to each level, the bureau said.
The bureau has asked other department stores to strengthen inspections of restrooms and breastfeeding rooms, it said.
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