Thursday, March 13, 2008

Edison Chen & Gillian Chung Sex Scandal Picture is Real

Photos purportedly showing a Hong Kong actor partially nude with several starlets were copied from his computer when it was serviced last year.

Later distributed over the Internet, a newspaper reported on Monday.

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.

t sparks a media frenzy in the celebrity-mad former British colony.

While Gillian Chung’s company, Emperor Entertainment Group, initially said the photograph of the normally squeaky-clean star was a digital fake, recent media reports have suggested otherwise.

Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper reported that Edison Chen, 27, had the images copied from his faulty personal computer last year, when he took it for servicing.

“A person in the shop found hidden inside (Chen’s) computer, confidential nude pictures of naked female stars, which were then secretly copied,” Ming Pao reported, quoting an anonymous source.

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led to eight arrests for infringing obscene material laws, and the seizure of hundreds of other explicit images, many unpublished.

edison chenIn a statement on his blog (www.clotinc.com/blogs/public/edc) over the weekend, Edison Chen criticized some of the recent media coverage.

“I would like for u (sic) to respect the situation that everyone is in and report the truth to the fullest.”

He didn’t clarify whether the images had been faked or stolen, but his manager said Edison Chen would co-operate with the police investigation.

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.

source : asianfanatics

Latest:

In the latest video released yesterday, Edison apologised to all the victims who’ve been “been affected by this strange, strange ordeal” and urged viewers in possession of those pictures to “please destroy them immediately”. (And if you’re wondering why Edison’s speaking in English, he’s Canadian).


Popular actor and singer Edison Chen has apologised after images appearing to show the Hong Kong star partially nude in the company of several starlets leaked onto the internet.In a video statement Chen, 27, called the postings of the photographs “intentionally hurtful and malicious”.”I hereby use this opportunity to apologise to anyone who has been affected by this strange, strange ordeal,” Chen said.Police believe the images were copied from Chen’s computer when it was serviced last year.

“If you ever downloaded any of these images, please do not forward them to anyone … If you are still in possession of these images, I urge you to please destroy them immediately,” a subdued-looking Chen added in the video.

The photographs, which appear to show 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.

Hong Kong police said some 1300 private shots of celebrities had been stolen from a faulty personal computer.

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