A file picture showing investigators checking a dressing room for athletes.[Yonhap News Photo]
Four male swimmers were indicted Friday over a scandal involving hidden cameras installed in the dressing rooms of swimming pools to take candid shots of female colleagues.
Prosecutors brought charges against a 24-year-old man surnamed Jung and three others, including a national team member, who will stand trial without being detained physically.
Jung was accused of taking candid shots with a secret camera six times from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, he allegedly installed his hidden camera at an athletes' village in Jincheon 88 kilometers (54 miles) south of Seoul.
The investigation began after one of Jung's friends reported to police after watching related clips kept in his notebook. In August, the head coach of South Korea's swimming national squad resigned to take responsibility for the scandal.
The Korea Olympic Committee has conducted a search for hidden cameras through the restrooms and change rooms of state-run sports villages used by Olympic delegates and national teams.
Hidden cameras provide for a jail term of fewer than five years or a fine of 10 million won (8,496 US dollars).
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