Edison Chen online sex-pic scandal
p2pnet news | P2P:- Yet another online sex scandal has hit the Net, and this time it involves Chinese-Canadian Hong Kong movie actor, singer, pop icon, etc, etc, Edison Chen.
Chinese police have busy with a nationwide crackdown, "on the distribution of sexually explicit photos featuring Hong Kong entertainer Edison Chen, police in east China’s Shandong Province said on Sunday," says China state news agency Xinhua.
Various stories say he took his laptop in for repair and a technician hijacked the images of scores of female Chinese celebrities, which ultimately ended up online.
At least 13 people have been arrested on the Chinese mainland in connection with the photos, says Xinhua, adding:
"Chinese law prohibits the production, duplication, selling or circulation of pornographic products even without the purpose of making profit. Offenders can face detention of up to 15 days.
"Ten people who allegedly produced, sold or bought computer discs of the photos were arrested in the southern city of Shenzhen in February, when police confiscated about 250 discs and six computers used to produce the discs.
"An 11th person, surnamed Yu, was detained for 10 days in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 22. He was found to have downloaded 260 photos on his computer and uploaded the photos to the album of his QQ space to attract other Internet users."
On Saturday, police in Hunan sentenced two men to five days jail for, "disseminating the explicit photos on the Internet".
"Last month, the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com was asked by a Beijing Internet self-discipline organization to make a public apology for allowing the circulation of the photos," adds Xinhua.
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Also See:
Xinhua – Two arrested for spreading celebrity sex photos in east China, March 2, 2008
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March 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Geez, how am I supposed to search for the photos if they don’t publish the names of the celebrities he had pictures of?
Seriously though, China is way too uptight. Arresting people over some adult pictures is ridiculous. Of course what do you expect from a country whose government not only allows but encourages the torture and murder of anyone who practices a religion that they don’t like.
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Not to mention a country that forces people to kill their babies.
Oops!
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
LEAVE CHINA ALLLOOONNNE!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 pm
…Funny
March 4th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
BTW, I found the pics.
http://theipodreview.blogspot.com/2008/02/edison-chen-downloads.html
Note that the above page only contains links to a hosting site where the pictures can be downloaded in Zip & Rar archives. There are no adult images visible on the page.