The manner in which actors, their management, and the police handled the situation, in turn, made those arrested into heroes for some Internet users.Ĭhen admitted being the author and copyright owner of most of the photographs, and stated that the private photographs had been stolen and published illegally without his consent. The police crackdown raised questions over violations of the privacy and free speech rights of Internet users. A computer technician was convicted of three counts of obtaining access to a computer with dishonest intent, and received a custodial sentence of eight and a half months. Ten people were arrested in connection with the distribution of the photographs. The Hong Kong police enlisted the assistance of Interpol to stem the spread of the photographs. Many local newspapers headlined the story consecutively during the first fortnight of February 2008, relegating coverage of the 2008 Chinese winter storms to secondary prominence during Chinese New Year. The scandal shook the Hong Kong entertainment industry in early 2008 and received high profile media attention locally and around the world. The Edison Chen photo scandal involved the illegal distribution over the Internet of intimate and private photographs of Hong Kong actor Edison Chen with various women, including actresses Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, Rachel Ngan and Cecilia Cheung.
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