[CHINA] Edison Chen Scandal Update: Police apprehend 10 people for producing, selling discs with the sex photos

February 19, 2008 by Dennis Amith

CRIEnglish.com reported, “Chinese police have apprehended 10 suspects in the southern city of Shenzhen for allegedly producing, selling and purchasing discs of nude photos involving Hong Kong celebrities.”

“Police confiscated about 250 such discs involving entertainer Edison Chen and some female starlets, in addition to six computers used to produce the discs, in the city neighboring Hong Kong a week ago, the Southern Metropolitan News reported Wednesday.”

“Three suspects were given five-day administrative detention, and two others, a 19-year-old man surnamed Jiang and a 27-year-old man surnamed Ma, were under criminal detention and still being questioned by police, the paper said, citing the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau.”

“The police authorities will severely crack down on the criminal activities of manufacturing, selling and spreading discs of Hong Kong’s celebrity photos and other porn productions,” a police spokesman was quoted as saying.