Representatives of the stars in question insist the photos are doctored and are seeking legal advice. The Hong Kong Police say they are investigating two reported cases of publishing indecent materials on the Internet. Local papers reported that the Police are working with Interpol as well as Internet forums and Internet service providers to provide information on users who have posted the photos.
Many in the Hong Kong biz have publicly denounced the pictures and their publication. Such immoral behavior is poison to the minds of youth today. In naked photos of Chung taken in the changing room of a Kuala Lumpur concert venue appeared in a Hong Kong tabloid paper caused an uproar in the industry. The incident has political ramifications too. As Police have issued warnings that distribution of such photographs is likely to be in breach of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance, which could carry a jail sentence and heavy fines, operators of Websites and Forums have moved quickly to delete pictures.
But many sites have engaged in blatant self censorship and removed any discussion of the incident. That of course has got the free-speech brigade riled. When did Hong Kong become China? Over a few hours on 29 January, several more photographs appeared on the Internet. On one, journals identified Cecilia Cheung from her distinctive tattoo set. Related discussion threads were progressively deleted.
At this time I am not able to discuss matters related to the case, but I do feel it is my obligation to accept full responsibility and take action to help both the victims and those associated with them to heal their wounds. In this regard, I plead with everyone to please stop forwarding the images on the Internet.
Furthermore, to completely rid the images from your computer Edison Chen, as posted to his blog [24]. After the exposure of the eighth photograph, Chen quietly left Hong Kong and flew to Boston.
On 6 February, a forum user leaked hundreds more photographs in defiance of the police. The uploader, dubbed by the public as "Kira", [27] promised to release a minute video the next day. Having said there were only six participants, the police explained the appearance of a seventh, saying that her photographs had been erroneously grouped with one of the other females. Gillian Chung was the first starlet to make a public appearance.
After a New Year celebration with fans on 11 February, she delivered a brief statement to the press in which she apologised for the hurt caused to those around her. In this regard, I am deeply saddened. I would like now to apologize to all the people for all the suffering that has been caused and the problems that have arisen from this. I would like to apologize to all the ladies and to all their families for any harm or hurt that they have been feeling Most importantly, I would like to say sorry to all the people of Hong Kong.
Edison Chen, press conference 21 February [36]. Chen returned to Hong Kong on 21 February, and immediately held a press conference asking for forgiveness and announcing his indefinite departure from the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
Chen confirmed that the photographs belonged to him and were private, and stated that they were obtained without his consent and then made public. Chen was questioned by police for several days consecutively, and Sing Tao Daily revealed that a cache of computer disks and other storage devices containing in excess of 10, images were found in Chen's residence.
Media reported that five "new" celebrities had been identified by police, who gave only cryptic descriptions. Over the course of the two-week period, a total of over a hundred images each of Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan , Candice Chan, and Cecilia Cheung fellating him were exposed, as well as Chen performing cunnilingus to Chung; there were also approximately another hundred nude photos featuring various others, namely Mandy Chen, Rachel Ngan, Maggie Q [40] [ unreliable source?
The next day he was arraigned but denied bail because he was suspected of blackmailing the actor and actresses. After investigating the connection between the suspect and artists, the police were satisfied that blackmail was not involved. On 2 February, police arrested four men and two women in connection with the distribution of the photographs.
He was charged with "dishonest use of computers with criminal intent", which has a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment. The case was adjourned to 22 February.
Assistant Commissioner Wong said the source of the pictures had been traced, but he would not confirm reports stating that they had been taken from Chen's computer. He added that the authenticity of the photographs was no longer in question.
Wong also said of the six women found in the photographs, four were local celebrities and two were unknown to the police. None of the women were named. Arrest number ten occurred on 10 February. Web sites on the mainland are usually more sensitive to political issues than to pornography, and for several weeks major sites such as Baidu permitted the images to be disseminated. A crackdown began in neighbouring Guangdong province on the manufacturing, selling and spreading the CD-ROMs of the celebrity photos, [53] which sold "like hotcakes" in Shenzhen.
Officials declared that showing the photos to friends or posting them on blogs or online forums, even without profit motive , could be punishable by detention for up to 15 days; transmission of more than of the photos as a package on the internet would be met with criminal prosecution. A Taiwanese man aged 24, Huang Wei-lun, was arrested in Taipei County on suspicion of posting the explicit photos and videos in his blog and instructing net surfers how to download the images.
One observer remarked that young people did not buy discs as they can get the photographs easily from the internet. On 2 February, Commissioner of Police Tang King Shing warned that anyone with the pictures on their computer could be in breach of the law, even if there was no record of distribution.
This led to an immediate objection by lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung , who led a protest of about two dozen people outside police headquarters in Wan Chai. They accused the police of sowing confusion and creating an atmosphere of " White Terror " among netizens. Leung urged Commissioner Tang to clarify whether merely keeping the pictures violated the law.
The denial of bail for Chung Yik-tin sparked controversy over the subjective application of the law. Legislator Ronny Tong accused the police of humiliating a suspect by their excessively hasty actions.
Commentary in the newspaper Ming Pao also remarked on the widespread outrage about the perceived selective application of legal principles — that a person charged with an apparently minor offence being denied bail whilst two others, unnamed, with allegedly heavier involvement in the spread of the photographs were allowed out on bail.
Three of these photographs were classified as "indecent" while two were considered "obscene". The only photograph which was in circulation on 27 January, allegedly posted by Chung Yik-tin, was "indecent".
Thus, the journal raised the question that Chung may have been charged with a wrong offence. Also, the law applies only after OAT's classification. Since the police arrested and charged Chung before classification, some viewed the arrest as unlawful. An Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong questioned whether an amended charge of "Publishing an Indecent Article" applied to photographs uploaded onto the Internet. Although Chen agreed to co-operate with the authorities, he refused to return to Hong Kong to give evidence in the trial.
A team of four lawyers and a magistrate were thus flown out to Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada for a hearing beginning on 23 February at taxpayers' expense. Computer technician Sze Ho-chun was convicted on 13 May of three counts of obtaining access to a computer with dishonest intent, and received a custodial sentence of eight and a half months.
On 3 February, a small group led by Leung Kwok-hung protested the abuse of power by the police. One week later, there was a larger protest demonstrated against alleged "discriminatory" law enforcement against Internet users. The involvement of local celebrities led to complaints that the wave of arrests were indicative of a legal double standard: [74] protesters claimed that the police failed to investigate other cases of nude photos being published without their subject's permission.
They petitioned the police to apologise publicly, to release Chung Yik-tin, to stop "an abuse of power", [76] and also demanded the resignation of Commissioner Tang.
The police were widely criticised for their handling of the case: in a survey by the South China Morning Post , some 48 percent of respondents believed the police had created unnecessary fear among the Internet community, and a similar percentage were dissatisfied with the police handling of the case.
However, Assistant Commissioner Wong insisted that they had "not departed from normal practices" and had "acted correctly under the laws". As a consequence of the scandal, Chen was pulled from the upcoming Stephen Fung movie Jump ; [80] credit card company Manhattan Titanium withdrew all advertisements featuring Chen, [81] and Chen's appearance in The Dark Knight was downgraded to a cameo.
A hundred police officers were present throughout Chen's press conference on 21 February, and some citizens complained about the waste of manpower. The police emphasised the importance of maintaining public order in light of the great public and media interest in the case.
On 12 March , after Chen had appeared at a publicity event in Singapore, a threatening letter said to have originated in the US containing a bullet was delivered to a Cable TV station mailbox. Emperor declared that Gillian Chung was on sick leave following the incident, [90] Hong Kong Disneyland Resort dropped the use of a Twins music video for the celebration of the Chinese New Year because of Chung's involvement in the controversy. She recused herself from public for more than a year following the incident and later apologised for hurting the people around her.
During the hiatus, she took classes in many areas which she hoped would serve her professionally. Interviewed in an episode of TVB's Be My Guest in March , Chung admitted she loved Chen, and let him take photos of them engaging in sex because she feared to lose him.
After Chen's statement to court, Cheung broke silence in the matter on a televised interview on iCable on 27 February. She heavily criticised Chen for shedding crocodile tears , saying that he had not returned calls and had switched off his telephone when the incident came to light. She accused him of hypocrisy in a bid to win the public's forgiveness while hurting others caught up in the scandal.
Taiwanese pop stars Jolin Tsai and Elva Hsiao , who have collaborated with Chen on various projects, fearing damage to their reputations from rumours, both issued statements through their agents that they had "never been involved with Chen". The scandal has shocked the general public and ignited debate about sexual morality. The blanket coverage of the local press, their reporting style, and the appearance of photographs has also been met with public complaints to TELA. It reportedly classified Michelangelo 's David as "indecent" by adhering rigidly to a definition.
The images reached China mostly through an image-sharing service on Baidu Tieba. They are a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in mainland China. Their music was generally targeted at young teens, but in they began to attract a wider audience by venturing into different styles of music.
In February the duo temporarily separated after the Edison Chen photo scandal involving Gillian Chung. The group reunited two years later in Cantopop or HK-pop is a genre of popular music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese.
Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade. Cantopop then reached its height of popularity in the s and s before slowly declining in the s and experiencing a slight revival in the s. The term "Cantopop" itself was coined in after "Cantorock", a term first used in In the eighties Cantopop has reached its highest glory with fanbase and concerts from allover the world, especially from Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan.
This is even more obvious with the influx of songs from Hong Kong movies during the time. He held the position of Financial Secretary from to Nicholas Tse Ting-fung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and chef.
As multi talented celebrity, he became a TV chef and food critic in Tse initially entered the entertainment industry in as a singer. In , Tse founded Post Production Office Limited, a special effects company in Hong Kong which provides services for movies, video games, and advertisements.
The company grossed over one billion Hong Kong dollars, and has since been sold. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins, along with Charlene Choi. She started her acting career in TVB, before going on to achieve success in films after 2nd year at the college.
She was notable in the s for her girl-next-door type roles in films. He played a major role in developing the Cantopop scene in the s as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements.
In early , he publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies and put most efforts in searching new direction for Cantopop music. He was a kidnapper, robber, arms smuggler and was wanted for murder. She was also an actress in several film and TV-series.
Edison Chen Koon-hei is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actor, singer, rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur. Debuting in , he released multiple Cantopop and Mandopop albums under the record company Emperor Entertainment Group, before releasing Please Steal This Album in , the first of many Chinese-language hip-hop albums.
The film was originally set to be released in May , but was delayed due to the Edison Chen photo scandal. This is Chen's final film in Hong Kong as of After the Hong Kong national security law was commenced, power was given to the government to "take down any electronic messages published" if the government officials think those "messages" are possibly endangering national security.
This led to the increase of Internet censorship in Hong Kong. The government has blocked several anti-government or politically sensitive websites after the commencement of the law. Christina Chan is a political activist in Hong Kong, known for her stand on human rights, democracy and Tibetan independence. She is enrolled in a premaster's degree in philosophy in the University of Hong Kong. This was the first victory for the Canadian city.
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