On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 06:47:29 -0800 (PST), beng1 <5191458@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Think they probably deserve it.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGC83lQUZWk
Aw cm'on you're just jealous. Beautiful people like that and at their
age? When we were at that age every one I knew and myself included
fantasized about making out. Only no guts and no money for chick bait
like a fancy car with a good back seat. And these guys and gals had
their own luxury apartments, lots of money and lots of op****tunity.
Anyway I didn't know about this story until I read it in Asia Times
Online as its not something I am normally interested in.
Dumb Guy this Edison Chen. To all you guys, never leave on you hard
drive anything you don't want your mother to see, or any stuff
(business secrets, crooked deals, personal letters) you don't want
anyone else to see. Offload and store them in memory sticks.
Singa****e MP Dr. Chua SJ had ****ie pictures of his Indonesian maid on
his computer. His wife saw it, made a big fuss and dumped him. In
the fallout he lost his credibility, parlimentary and party
leader****p position. Singa****eans will have to provide the latest
details.
Anyway what *** scandal? Chen et al are consenting adults. If former
President Bill Clinton can get away with intern blowjobs (nobody
thinks this a taboo subject any more) nobody gives a damn these days.
Now every hot young fan will look at the HK stars with awe. If the
traditional booking agencies won't handle them they should find one
who does or else form their own promotional agency. Watch their fan
base and sales grow. I for one know who they are now and will
recognize them the next time round. Damn valuable advertising asset
this face and name recognition.
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Racy photos strip heart-throb's image
Hong Kong newsstands are awash with the story of **** celebrity photos
found on singer-actor Edison Chen's computer at a repair shop. Whether
the pics are bogus or bona fide, at least eight arrests have been made
and more than 1,000 "explicit images" seized, including those of four
women described as "public figures". Chen says he's sorry, but police
say the photos are spreading everywhere. - Justin Mitchell (Feb 6,
'08)
Racy photos strip heart-throb's image
By Justin Mitchell
February 7, 2008 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JB07Ad02.html
HUA HIN, Thailand - While mainland Chinese newspapers continue to
cover the country's worst snowstorm in an estimated 50 years as the
lunar new year dawns, Hong Kong's front pages have been smoking for
seven straight days with a hotter subject - **** stars on the
Internet.
The media frenzy began January 27 when revealing personal pictures of
Gillian Chung, a member of the squeaky clean Cantopop duo Twins, and
her former boyfriend, singer-actor Edison Chen, and others pur****ted
to be of actress Cecilia Cheung were posted on the Internet.
Other Hong Kong female celebs later re****ted to have been caught in
risque situations with Chen (and solo) included Cantopop queens Joey
Yung and Bobo Chan. Since then eight people have been arrested and
computers and hard disks containing hundreds of pictures seized - some
obviously doctored, others likely as not - as Hong Kong police widen
their investigation into the online distribution of the pictures.
Chen, after maintaining silence for a week and re****tedly flying to
Canada and/or Boston, released an English language video apology via
his lawyer and the Hong Kong police. According to the Hong Kong
uber-blog ESWN which has been keeping a running account of the story
with translations from many of the Hong Kong newspapers, Sing Pao
re****ted that the pictures were initially discovered several months
ago when Chen sent his pink Apple Powerbook laptop to a computer shop
for repairs.
The technician accidentally discovered photographs and videos of Chen
and more than a dozen Hong Kong celebrities which he downloaded onto
his own computer. Sing Pao newspaper re****ted the technician said he
"only intended to keep the material for his own enjoyment". Later,
however, he invited some friends over to his apartment to play mahjong
and casually mentioned that he had some "good" stuff to show them.
When his friends saw the material, they were "astonished", the paper
re****ted, and urged him to post them on the Internet. He was said to
be reluctant because he knew Chen had his contact information, so
finally a female friend agreed to do it. The computer shop was
subsequently raided by police, who claimed they have seized "more than
1,000 explicit images", including of four women described as "public
figures".
In his video statement, Chen, 27, called the postings "intentionally
hurtful and malicious".
"I hereby use this op****tunity to apologize to anyone who has been
affected by this strange, strange ordeal. 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 contrite-looking Chen said. He added that he was
"hurt, pained and perplexed" that a number of people's lives had been
affected and said he was cooperating with police but could not comment
further due to the possibility of legal action.
Several days earlier on his blog, Chen had posted a more emotional
message: "to all the press that have misquoted me from today's
newspaper i would like for u to respect the situation that everyone is
in and re****t the truth to the fullest if u would like to say
yesterday i have posted a msg CHALLENGING the people who are doing
this to me then i have nothing to say but u are re****ting the wrong
news."
Responding to Hong Kong media questions, a police official said they
were still trying to determine whether the pictures were real or
fakes. He said if the pictures were found in servers overseas, they
would call on international enforcement agencies to get involved and
contact the relevant service providers. People who had only
transferred the obscene picture files to friends had not violated the
law, but those who transferred them to the public - for example via
Internet web pages - were breaking the law, he said.
"The police are trying to prevent the spread of the pictures, but we
are having some difficulties as the pictures have been spread around
for some time," the police official said. The pictures, which have not
yet been classified as obscene, will be forwarded to Hong Kong's
Obscene Articles Tribunal for classification.
Bloggers and netizens have raised questions regarding the police
force's handling of the scandal. Roland Soong, an American and Hong
Kong citizen who maintains the ESWN blog, has had many questions, as
well as some answers.
Regarding a (highly suspect) photo of Joey Yung pur****tedly baring her
breasts that he posted on ESWN as part of his account, Soong asked:
"Does my posting of this photograph cause harm to Joey Yung's
reputation? Well, this website is registered and hosted in the United
States, so the Hong Kong police will have to seek the help of the
FBI/Interpol on this. Besides, why chase after me? After all, I got
this photograph from another website which has a much bigger
circulation than mine and therefore has wrought much more havoc. Would
the Hong Kong police dare to do anything about that website? No, I
didn't think so ..."
The link to the photo leads to a mainland Chinese official news site.
Justin Mitchell is an Asia Times Online correspondent based in
Thailand.
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