Police in the southern Chinese city of Shenzen have arrested 10 people in connection with a sex scandal that has generated intense public interest.
The arrested are accused of copying and distributing explicit pictures showing Hong Kong film star Edison Chen in encounters with a series of actresses.
The several hundred images have been widely viewed on websites since they were posted at the end of January.
It is believed they were taken from Mr Chan's computer when it was serviced.
The pictures, apparently taken by Mr Chen himself, show the actor in bed with a series of famous actresses.
Mr Chan has apologised to anyone affected by the images.
They were published across the internet including on China's most popular search engine, Baidu.
The BBC's James Reyolds in Beijing says the photos have capticated China and caused deep embarrassment to those involved.
Censorship
A police official told China's Xinhua news agency that the authorities would "severely crack down on the criminal activities of manufacturing, selling and spreading discs of Hong Kong's celebrity photos and other pornography productions."
The Beijing Association of Online Media, a government-backed watchdog, has parised some sites for removing the images and demanded that Baidu apologies for allowing its users to find them.
"Baidu still hasn't implemented effective blocking and obscuring of the photos," it said, adding that the search engine had "become defensive" and "procrastinated."
Edison Chen has issued a video statement in which he apologised to anyone affected by "this strange, strange ordeal."
Pornography is officially banned in China and the internet is restricted and closely monitored by the government.
Our correspondent says that public curiosity over the pictures was been a real test for internet censors.
Okay. I feel like quoting from each sentence from this news but seriously, it's just pointless. Bashing him or the critics or the Baidu is just wasting my time.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that just move on with this. Yes, yes! He made a foolish mistake and as an idol he shouldn't have done so. But give him a break. I wonder whether any Hollywood actors or actresses have such recordings too. Just that they are more discreet and more CAREFUL when sending their personal PC for repairs!
Though there are stories saying that the 'brotherhoods' did this to get the attention of the father due to some financial deals.
Anyway, I seriously hope no video like this will be made.
p/s: I thought it was a she though. And it was just freaky!
The arrested are accused of copying and distributing explicit pictures showing Hong Kong film star Edison Chen in encounters with a series of actresses.
The several hundred images have been widely viewed on websites since they were posted at the end of January.
It is believed they were taken from Mr Chan's computer when it was serviced.
The pictures, apparently taken by Mr Chen himself, show the actor in bed with a series of famous actresses.
Mr Chan has apologised to anyone affected by the images.They were published across the internet including on China's most popular search engine, Baidu.
The BBC's James Reyolds in Beijing says the photos have capticated China and caused deep embarrassment to those involved.
Censorship
A police official told China's Xinhua news agency that the authorities would "severely crack down on the criminal activities of manufacturing, selling and spreading discs of Hong Kong's celebrity photos and other pornography productions."
The Beijing Association of Online Media, a government-backed watchdog, has parised some sites for removing the images and demanded that Baidu apologies for allowing its users to find them.
"Baidu still hasn't implemented effective blocking and obscuring of the photos," it said, adding that the search engine had "become defensive" and "procrastinated."
Edison Chen has issued a video statement in which he apologised to anyone affected by "this strange, strange ordeal."
Pornography is officially banned in China and the internet is restricted and closely monitored by the government.
Our correspondent says that public curiosity over the pictures was been a real test for internet censors.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is that just move on with this. Yes, yes! He made a foolish mistake and as an idol he shouldn't have done so. But give him a break. I wonder whether any Hollywood actors or actresses have such recordings too. Just that they are more discreet and more CAREFUL when sending their personal PC for repairs!
Though there are stories saying that the 'brotherhoods' did this to get the attention of the father due to some financial deals.
Anyway, I seriously hope no video like this will be made.
p/s: I thought it was a she though. And it was just freaky!
"I seriously hope no video like this will be made." ... does the one done by steven lim count? it has been viewed over a million times in a week on youtube...
ReplyDeleteThat's also another freak case. Don't we love them or what. :)
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