HK movie star porn snap thief faces trial
PrintAllegedly swiped intimate pics from Edison Chen's laptop
Posted in Crime, 9th April 2009 11:54 GMT
Free whitepaper – PowerEdge M-Series blades I/O guide
The man allegedly responsible for copying and distributing 1,300 compromising photos of Hong Kong film star Edison Chen has pleaded not guilty to "three charges of obtaining access to a computer with a view to making dishonest gain".
Sze Ho-chun, 24, appeared in Kowloon City Court accused of copying the snaps from Chen's laptop between 1 and 8 June 2006, while working at a computer repair shop. The pictures in question show Chen engaged in various sexual activities with female stars, including fellow thesp Cecilia Cheung and popstress Gillian Chung.
According to the BBC, prosecutors state "some time after those dates, he showed some of the images to two female customers before giving a CD with all 1,300 images on to one of them".
In February 2008, the images surfaced on the internet, causing an almighty rumpus in China. Canada-born Chen jumped ship to his native land and, suitably repentant, said he'd exit showbusiness "indefinitely".
In fact, having appeared in last year's The Dark Knight, he turned up earlier this week at a press conference in Singapore to punt his latest movie The Sniper - despite having received death threats to keep a low profile. He told AFP: "I'm a little afraid, but I have to do what needs to be done so I hope everyone will welcome me and watch my movie." ®
What Exchange can't do - and Dell can
Enabling the Agile Data Center
Breaching Fort Apache.org - What went wrong?
Snow Leopard security - The good, the bad and the missing
US Dems fill inboxes with 419 scams
BlockMaster SafeStick hardware-encrypted USB drive