Hidden Cam in Chaoyang Office Restroom Explained as "Fengshui"

原创 Charles L. theBeijinger

Although fengshui usually advocates for reasonable solutions to organizing a living environment, one Beijing office manager's invoking of that practice made some of his colleagues very suspicious.

Those concerns were unfortunately vindicated when female employees at the Chaoyang internet company recently discovered a hidden high-definition camera in their office restroom.

The manager of the unidentified company, surnamed Zhang, had previously explained to employees that proper fengshui required lights to be always switched on in the dim, windowless bathroom, BTV News reports.

But instead of being mounted on the ceiling or high up on the wall, the illumination in the women's bathroom came from two bright LED lights plugged into a wall socket (shown below), leaving some of those staff members to question Zhang's motives.

Placed adjacent to the LED lights was a wooden box, of which one side was made out of an opaque glass. (shown below)

Left: the interior of the locked wooden box. Right: the two-way mirror that faced the bathroom stall

Both the constantly-shining LED lights and the glass-walled box were placed immediately opposite from the elevated squat toilet stall, in front of which is a door with a 25 centimeter-high gap at its bottom (shown below). In addition, the women's restroom has been discovered to be home to another hidden camera, this time in a desk lamp that was mysteriously never turned on.

Some reports say the LED lights and the wooden box have been inside the women's restroom for nearly two years.

Female employees at the company are dismayed at Zhang, who they describe as a "well-mannered man" who doesn't act with the arrogance typically associated with his position. However, other details suggest Zhang may have harbored his sinister intentions for a long time.

Beijing police investigating the matter said the video camera can be remotely-controlled through a mobile phone app, allowing it to conveniently upload to social media platforms.

Additionally, although technology and internet web companies are often male-dominated fields in China, BTV reports that Zhang's is an exception to the trend, comprised of 80 percent female workers. While this may suggest that Zhang is an equal-opportunity employer, the high number of women employees may be part of Zhang's perverted conspiracy.

A sign on the door leading to the company's female restroom reads, "This way please, beautiful women." (shown below)

Zhang is currently being detained by police for questioning. An investigation is said to be underway.

Images: Sohu Video (via weibo.com), Miaopai.com