Sim Siong Chye, 55, was a counsellor - a diplomatic rank for experienced foreign service officers - at the Singapore Embassy in Japan when he committed the offences.
Japanese police were unable to detain him when he was caught on Feb 27, as he then had immunity from prosecution because he was a diplomat. A search of his phone found footage of the boy in the nude, as well as footage of multiple male customers that seemed to have been taken in the bath’s communal changing room.
In response to queries, MFA said Sim did not have diplomatic immunity any longer, as his posting as a counsellor had ended.
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