Singaporean doctor in Australia faces new charges over alleged filming of women
Singaporean trainee surgeon Ryan Cho, 27, faces five additional charges in Australia, including producing intimate images and using an optical surveillance device. Police allege he secretly filmed hundreds of women while working at multiple hospitals between 2020 and 2025.
- Singaporean trainee surgeon Ryan Cho faces five new charges related to alleged secret filming of women in hospitals.
- Police found over 4,500 videos involving an estimated 460 alleged victims from multiple hospitals.
- Cho’s medical licence has been suspended, and bail was denied due to flight risk concerns.
A Singaporean doctor working in Australia has been charged with five additional offences, deepening an already extensive investigation into alleged voyeurism and workplace misconduct.
Victoria Police confirmed that 27-year-old Ryan Cho now faces three counts of producing intimate images, one count of using an optical surveillance device, and one count of failing to comply with a police direction.
Cho was arrested on 25 July 2025 at a property in Croydon, a suburb of Melbourne. He had previously been released on bail after an initial arrest for allegedly concealing a mobile phone in a restricted staff toilet at the Austin Hospital, where he was employed as a trainee surgeon.
Authorities have since expanded their inquiry to include other medical facilities where Cho worked between 2020 and 2025. Police identified hospitals in Melbourne’s central business district and in regional Victoria as “workplaces of interest”.
According to court documents cited by ABC News, investigators found approximately 4,500 intimate videos linked to at least 460 alleged victims. The footage reportedly originated from the Austin Hospital, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Discovery of hidden recording device
Court documents revealed that Cho was allegedly seen “loitering” around hospital emergency departments when he was not rostered to work.
In early July, a nurse at the Austin Hospital discovered a mesh bag containing a mobile phone in a staff toilet. Believing it to be recording, the nurse immediately alerted hospital management.
Days later, security personnel found the same bag in the same area, prompting the hospital to contact the police.
Following Cho’s arrest, officers seized two mobile phones, a laptop, a hard drive, several white mesh bags, and removable hooks from his residence.
Police alleged that the items were identical to those used in the reported incidents at the Austin Hospital. They further stated that Cho refused to provide passwords to the seized devices.
Seized footage and ongoing trauma
Investigators found that a laptop hard drive contained 10,374 videos and images, while one of the confiscated phones held about three hours of footage. This included scenes showing Cho allegedly setting up recording devices and more than an hour of footage depicting the intimate regions of three women.
Police claimed in court that the victims appeared to include female doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other hospital staff. The recordings were reportedly categorised by hospital, ward, and the names of alleged victims.
In their statements, police said staff and management members reported trauma and anxiety after learning of the investigation. “Staff are no longer feeling safe in their workplace,” one statement read.
Professional suspension and denied bail
Cho has denied the allegations, ABC News reported. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has since suspended his medical licence, preventing him from practising medicine in the country.
The court denied bail, citing concerns that Cho had no significant ties to Victoria and was considered a flight risk.
He is expected to reappear in court in November as investigations continue across several hospitals in Victoria.
