HONG KONG - Photos purportedly showing a Hong Kong actor partially nude with several starlets were copied from his computer when it was serviced last year and later distributed over the internet, police said. The photographs, seemingly of actor and singer Edison Chen in bed with singer Gillian Chung, along with suggestive images of actress Cecilia Cheung, were recently posted online, sparking a media frenzy in the celebrity-mad former British colony. While Chung's company, Emperor Entertainment Group, initially said the photograph of the normally squeaky-clean star was a digital fake, Hong Kong police said some 1, private shots of celebrities had been stolen from a faulty personal computer belonging to an individual who took it to a computer shop for servicing. While the police gave no specific names, Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper reported the photographs belonged to Edison Chen, The computer shop was subsequently raided by police officers in a widening investigation across the territory, which has led to eight arrests for infringing obscene material laws, and the seizure of over 1, explicit images including six women, four of whom were public figures, the police said. In a statement on his blog over the weekend, Chen criticised some of the recent media coverage and widespread publishing of the images. Hong Kong's police commissioner, Tang King-shing, said the case was being treated seriously and warned the possession and distribution of such images might be illegal. But internet users and activists have since challenged this position, saying the police were being overly harsh.
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It all started on 27 January when various photographs of people resembling the above-named celebrities were all posted one after the other including the Hong Kong Discussion Forum and free. The photos in question included:. But as more and more photos were released into public domain, the newspapers soon changed their tune. She also sports the same belly ring, earring and tattoos as the real Cecilia Cheung. Various photography experts have also told the media that the pictures do not seem modified. Even the Hong Kong cops soon conceded that the pictures appear real. Be careful of the viruses lurking out there when downloading stuff though! Our journalist friends around the region also tell us of how their colleagues have been gathering around computer monitors perving analysing the entire range of pictures together. Most of them appear to have made up their own minds. Cecilia is so hairy!
One of Yang's many artworks featured an oil painting of Cheung posing provocatively and revealing her privates, based on a photograph by her ex-lover Edison Chen that was previously leaked and circulated on the internet. The earlier scandal took place in , which shocked the world for the photos were explicit, involving Cheung and Chen, as well as Chen's other lovers, actress-singer Gillian Chung and singer-model Bobo Chan. Due to this incident, Cheung and her management will consider taking legal action against Yang as it will ruin the actress-singer's reputation as a professional. Yang replied to Cheung's outrage by claiming that it is unreasonable, for if Cheung could reveal her nude photos with Chen on the internet, then there is nothing wrong with his nude painting of her. Ten of the original 11 members will be performing at the upcoming event. The cosplay star says that she and the vlogger have broken up for quite a while. Feeny, giving the album his stamp of approval.
