In Jan 2008, nude photos of man and women resembling Edison Chen, Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, and Cecilia Cheung surfaced on Hong Kong forums and quickly spreaded to all over the Internet. The photo clearly showed the genital and nipples of the women, and the face of the man can be clearly seen. A blackmail was reported, asking several millions dollars to be paid by Chinese New Year or thereatening to release more than a thousand of similar photos resembling Edison Chen and other female celebrities. The management agency of the celebrities denied the authenticity of those photos and filed a police report. The news spreaded very quickly and became the headlines of Hong Kong local newspapers.
The photographs became the talk of the town, and journals attempted to authenticate the photographs by comparing physical features of those celebrities. The police, and photo experts who examined the photos involving the first three female celebrities, say the photos are unlikely to have been photoshopped. It has been know by the public that in the past few years, Edison had relationship with at least 14 Hong Kong female celebrities and might have pictures taken with him. Some of those celebrities including Maggie Q, Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, Cecilia Cheung, and Jolin Tsai.
POLICE INVESTIGATION
Hong Kong police have been known for being highly effective in crime investigation. More than 100 police officers had been sent to investigate the case and urge the forum communities to delete the pictures at once. The police retrieved the IP addresses of more than 30 Internet users who allegedly posted photographs. On 31 January, an unemployed 29 year-old man was arrested with 12 pictures on his computer. On 2 February, police arrested four men and two women who were suspected to be related to the distribution of the photographs.
According to the police, during the year 2007, Edison Chen brought his computer to their shop for maintenance. The suspects were the people who fixed his computer and discovered over 1,300 nude photos or those depicting sex acts. They secretly copied these onto their own computers. On 4 February, A 29-year-old man became the eighth person to be detained in connection with the internet posting of nude photos. On the same day, the 23-year-old man, Sze Ho-Chun, was charged with the dishonest use of computers with criminal intent, which has a maximum penalty of five years of imprisonment.
The police then stated that the authenticity of the pictures are no longer in line of enquiry and said of the 6 women found in the photographs, 4 were local celebrities; 2 were not known to the police. On 5 Feb 2008, 6 more photographs of people resembling the actresses surfaced on the internet. On 6 February, a forum user named "Kira" promised to release a 32-minute video, allegedly of Edison Chen and Gillian Chung, on 7 February. In spite of the ongoing raids in Hong Kong, Kira reportedly wrote that he did not "give a sh*t" since he was "not in Hong Kong" to begin with. In the early hours on Chinese New Year's day, several hundred more photographs appeared on the Internet.
STATISTIC
As 7 Feb 2008, there are 53 photos resembling Gillian Chung, 47 resembling Bobo Chan, 11 resembling Cecilia Chung, 10 resembling Rachel Ngan, 41 resembling Mandy Chen Yu-Ju, and 48 resembling Candice Chan Si-Wai. These photos can be found in many websites and search engines.
EFFECT & RUMORS
Gillian Chung was reportedly very distraught, had taken a leave of absence, and would not comment on the matter. Rumors also said that she attempted committing suicide, but her management agency quickly denied it.
On 5 Feb 2008, Edison Chen was pulled from the upcoming Stephen Chow movie jump as a result of the scandal. Rumours are rife that the marriage of Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse is on the rocks over the scandal as well. Bobo's forthcoming wedding is also rumoured to have been called off.
There is also rumor surfaced that the shots of Edison and Gillian could have been a 3P romp because there must be a 3rd person who was filming them. The latest photo released on the internet after Cecilia Chung was shockingly revealed to be Hong Kong singer, Joey Yung, but this was obviously photoshopped because of the unnatural angle of the head. Final rumour is that the best of them all, Maggie Q is being saved for the last.
After the exposure of the eighth photograph, Edison Chen quietly left Hong Kong and flew to Boston to be with his current girlfriend Vincy Yeung, niece of Albert Yeung, head of Emperor Entertainment. He remained silent to the public till 4 Feb 2008, by sending a 90 second video clip to the press. In the clip, he apologised to those who may have been affected by the posting of the compromising nude photographs but he did not comment on the authenticity of those photos. He also updated his personal blog: http://www.clotinc.com/blogs/public/edc/.
LINKS
We do not provide the pics here. But you can find them here: http://theblemish.com/2008/01/edison-chen-has-sex-pictures/
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