A trainee doctor from Singapore pleaded guilty on July 9 to charges of secretly filming hundreds of colleagues while they were using the toilets and showers in three major Melbourne hospitals.

Ryan Cho, 28, whose medical registration was suspended by Australian health regulators in 2025, pleaded guilty at the Melbourne Magistrates Court to 13 charges, including stalking, installing an optical device in order to record private images and producing intimate images.

During their investigation, police had said they seized a number of electronic devices, including a laptop, hard drive and mobile phone, from Cho’s home. They uncovered more than 10,000 video and image files of his victims, who number more than 500.

Free on strict bail conditions, Cho’s next court appearance is on Nov 23, the start of a three-day pre-sentence hearing in Melbourne’s County Court, which is also expected to hear impact statements from his victims.

Magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz acknowledged a number of victims who were in the courtroom and watching the hearing via video link.

During the hearing, which lasted under 30 minutes, Cho admitted to having secretly and illegally obtained thousands of photos or videos of colleagues at the Austin Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, where he had worked between 2021 and 2025, after studying medicine at Monash University.

He also pleaded guilty to filming victims he shared residences with during that time.

-The Strait Times