Post by lydz on Feb 26, 2008 12:01:23 GMT 8
… and place Leehorm’s photo in their article on Edison Chen’s sex photo scandals. Kekeke, not sure how those
source:http://www.jialat.com/2008/02/08/canada-media-mistook-wang-leehom-as-edison-chen/
Partial nudity, starlets and a singer
James Pomfret, Reuters
Published: Tuesday, February 05, 2008
CORRECTION
A photo originally published with this story incorrectly identified Vancouver-born movie star Edison Chen. The photo was that of singer Leehom Wang, a musician, producer and actor.
HONG KONG -- Popular actor and singer Edison Chen apologized Monday after images appearing to show the Hong Kong star partly nude in the company of several starlets leaked onto the Internet.n a video statement, the Vancouver-born Chen, 27, called the postings of the photographs "intentionally hurtful and malicious."
"I hereby use this opportunity to apologize to anyone who has been affected by this strange, strange ordeal," Chen said.
Photos purportedly showing Chen partly nude with several starlets were copied from his computer when it was serviced last year, police believe.
They were later distributed over the Internet, a newspaper reported Monday.
"If you ever downloaded any of these images, please do not forward them to anyone," said Chen.
If you are still in possession of these images, I urge you to please destroy them immediately," the subdued-looking actor/singer 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 1,300 private shots of celebrities had been stolen from a faulty personal computer.
"A person had taken his computer to be fixed, but during the maintenance period, someone used dishonest means to take some information from the computer and distributed this information indiscriminately to others," assistant police commissioner Wong Fook-chuen told reporters.
While the police gave no specific names, Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper reported the photographs belonged to Chen.
"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.
It has led to eight arrests for infringement of obscene material laws, and the seizure of more than 1,000 explicit images.
They include pictures of four women who were public figures, the police said.
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.
© The Vancouver Sun 2008
source:
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=b8cbbf0b-fdb2-457f-83f9-bd2eae20745b
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source:http://www.jialat.com/2008/02/08/canada-media-mistook-wang-leehom-as-edison-chen/
Partial nudity, starlets and a singer
James Pomfret, Reuters
Published: Tuesday, February 05, 2008
CORRECTION
A photo originally published with this story incorrectly identified Vancouver-born movie star Edison Chen. The photo was that of singer Leehom Wang, a musician, producer and actor.
HONG KONG -- Popular actor and singer Edison Chen apologized Monday after images appearing to show the Hong Kong star partly nude in the company of several starlets leaked onto the Internet.n a video statement, the Vancouver-born Chen, 27, called the postings of the photographs "intentionally hurtful and malicious."
"I hereby use this opportunity to apologize to anyone who has been affected by this strange, strange ordeal," Chen said.
Photos purportedly showing Chen partly nude with several starlets were copied from his computer when it was serviced last year, police believe.
They were later distributed over the Internet, a newspaper reported Monday.
"If you ever downloaded any of these images, please do not forward them to anyone," said Chen.
If you are still in possession of these images, I urge you to please destroy them immediately," the subdued-looking actor/singer 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 1,300 private shots of celebrities had been stolen from a faulty personal computer.
"A person had taken his computer to be fixed, but during the maintenance period, someone used dishonest means to take some information from the computer and distributed this information indiscriminately to others," assistant police commissioner Wong Fook-chuen told reporters.
While the police gave no specific names, Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper reported the photographs belonged to Chen.
"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.
It has led to eight arrests for infringement of obscene material laws, and the seizure of more than 1,000 explicit images.
They include pictures of four women who were public figures, the police said.
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.
© The Vancouver Sun 2008
source:
www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=b8cbbf0b-fdb2-457f-83f9-bd2eae20745b
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