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<\/p>\nDuring a search of Cho\u2019s home, police seized two mobile phones, a laptop and a hard drive alongside mesh bags with a likeness to the backpack found at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Baker said a search of the Austin Hospital later uncovered white removable hooks on other levels not installed by management, raising concerns that filming may have occurred in other areas.<\/p>\n
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The parents of Ryan Cho leave the Melbourne Magistrates\u2019 Court on Friday night.Credit: Jason South<\/p>\n
On one of the phones linked to the accused, Baker said police found a three-hour video they allege showed Cho setting up the secret camera.<\/p>\n
On a laptop, police allegedly found 10,374 files made up of video and still images organised into folders and subfolders.<\/p>\n
Baker said many of them \u2013 close to 400 \u2013 named victims, hospitals and wards the footage may have been captured in.<\/p>\n
Police allege other files were created outside healthcare settings, including homes between 2021 and 2025.<\/p>\n
In opposing bail, Baker said Cho posed a risk to the public, and that staff at the hospitals were traumatised by the allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey no longer feel safe. [He is] calculated and obsessed,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe devoted an enormous amount of time keeping his colleagues under surveillance, tampering with toilets to draw his victims into [cubicles] where devices were set up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baker said further analysis was being done to identify victims, and that further charges were expected.<\/p>\n
Cho\u2019s lawyer, George Balot, said his client had arranged to see a sexologist and psychologist to seek treatment.<\/p>\n
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The Austin Hospital in Heidelberg.Credit: Eddie Jim<\/p>\n
The court heard Cho, who is of Malaysian descent, moved to Australia in 2017 and was working as a doctor and resident surgeon at the Austin Hospital at the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n
Balot said it was Cho\u2019s first time in custody and the now suspended medical practitioner had no prior convictions.<\/p>\n
He said Cho had the support of his family, who had flown over on tourist visas from Singapore to support their eldest son, while also offering a $10,000 surety and supervision if their son was released.<\/p>\n
Balot said any alleged risks could be managed with strict bail conditions including orders prohibiting the 28-year-old from possessing a mobile phone and a plan for him to attend sex-related therapy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe matter is contested,\u201d Balot said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a presumption of bail. My client is able to comply with any strict conditions of bail. They can ameliorate any risk of reoffending.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cho\u2019s mother sat in the second row throughout the lengthy hearing, largely with her eyes closed, while his father, Wilson Cho, vowed \u201cto support him any way that I can\u201d.<\/p>\n
Cho is facing charges including stalking, producing intimate images, using an optical surveillance device and failing to comply with directions to assist.<\/p>\n
Magistrate James Henderson ultimately refused bail, remanding the accused in custody until his next court date.<\/p>\n
Public records show Cho graduated from Monash University in 2022 and first registered as a medical practitioner in January 2023.<\/p>\n