CRIEnglish.com reported, “A Hong Kong man has become the first person to be convicted of uploading nude photos on to the Internet .”

“Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts sentenced Kwok Chun-wai to two months in prison with two years of probation, according to Sina.com.”

“Kwok, 24, was found uploading about 140 explicit photos of actor and singer Edison Chen and several female celebrities in January and February. Eighty-four photos were judged to be obscene.”

“The magistrate said it was necessary to jail Guo because the photographs harmed the people in them even though the defendant didn’t make any money from the images.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “Hong Kong singer-actor Edison Chen, the focus of the celebrity nude photo controversy, will come back to the spotlight to cooperate with Hong Kong actress Hsu Chi in shooting a romance movie invested by an American independent film studio.”

The agent companies of the two stars have confirmed the news, and said the investor doesn’t care about Edison’s photo incident, and thought his privacy has little connection with his acting career. So they contacted Edison in the first place, for they thought he is the most suitable actor to visualize the character described in the script.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “Police have arrested two men in the central China province of Hunan for posting explicit nude photographs of Hong Kong celebrities on the Internet. ”

“The men, surnamed Xiao and Wang, were sentenced to five days detention for circulating the photos of entertainer Edison Chen and female celebrities. ”

“On Tuesday, police at Changshan Public Security Bureau found more than 10 graphic images in an on-line post. The writer of the post, which drew more than 100,000 clicks, proclaimed he had many more such photos.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “Two Taiwan female artists pledged to offer 25 million yuan (US$3.5 million) each to any one who can prove their involvement in the nude picture scandal that shows singer and actor Edison Chen in sexual poses with a dozen women in bed.”

“Jolin Tsai and Elva Hsiao, two singers who were rumored to have relationships with Chen, 27, both issued statements through their agent companies on Wednesday, saying any one who can come up with their pictures with Chen in bed can get the reward if courts prove the pictures are real, Sina.com.cn reported.”

“The nude picture scandal has shocked the world’s Chinese-speaking community after more than 800 photographs have been circulated on the Internet since late January.”

“The pictures so far have embroiled seven female celebrities, including Gillian Chung of the female duo Twins and actress Cecilia Cheung.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “After publicly resigning from the Hong Kong showbiz circle on Thursday afternoon, the scandal-plagued pop star Edison Chen hit a frontal blow to the disseminators by claiming the copyright to the racy photos.”"On Thursday evening, Chen’s lawyer delivered a statement to the local media, saying that it would be illegal to publish, copy or spread the photos without Chen’s approval. The statement further warned that media outlets that had used the photos in their publications had also broken the law.”

“Hundreds of explicit photos featuring Chen and various local celebrities were released by an unidentified source from the end of January until earlier this month. In the past weeks, several dozen people have been arrested by police in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Chinese mainland for breaking local anti-pornography laws by spreading the photos on the internet or producing and selling related discs.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “Hong Kong singer-actor Edison Chen, the focus of the recent celebrity nude photo controversy, made his first public apology on Thursday saying he would resign from the Hong Kong showbiz circle.”

“Chen met with local media for the first time after numerous photos of him in bed with several local starlets leaked onto the Internet in late January and then spread like wildfire.”

“Other stars involved include Gillian Chung, member of the pop duo Twins, and actress-singer Cecilia Cheung. Entertainment publications around China have been devoting headlines to the incident for several weeks.”

“I would like now to apologize to all the people for all the suffering that has been caused and the problems that have arisen from this,” Chen said at the press conference, reading out a statement in English.”

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Edison Chen returns to Hong Kong to address the photos on the Internet and quits the entertainment industry.

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Bloomberg.com reported, “Hong Kong actor Edison Chen said he’ll quit show business after admitting taking sexually explicit photos with celebrities that leaked onto the Web and generated a wave of media coverage.”"“I am deeply sorry,” Chen told more than 300 journalists at a press conference in Hong Kong today. “I admit most of the photos being circulated on the Internet were taken by me. I would like to apologize to all the ladies and their families.”

“Hundreds of photos published online and in newspapers led to debate about Hong Kong pornography laws and a public apology from a female pop star. The pictures were posted on the Web after about 1,300 photo files were stolen from a computer sent to a repair shop, police said.”

“The sex-photo scandal involved at least six Hong Kong actresses, singers and models. Chen, a 27-year-old Canadian-born Chinese actor and singer famous in Hong Kong, returned to the city today to explain the incident after pictures started appearing from Jan. 28.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com was asked by Beijing’s Internet self-discipline organization to make a public apology for spreading Hong Kong star Edison Chen’s pornographic photos. ”

“Photos supposedly showing Hong Kong actor and singer Edison Chen and several female stars naked in bed and in sexual poses became a hot topic among Internet users from late January onwards. ”

“The Beijing Internet news information review council, initiated by government-sponsored Beijing Association of Online Media, issued a statement on Monday, criticizing the Nasdaq-listed website as being badly behaved during this event. ”

“In the statement the association said “we severely criticize Baidu’s behavior”.”

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CRIEnglish.com reported, “Hong Kong pop singer Gillian Chung returned to the stage on Sunday for the first time after being embroiled in a widely-criticized nude photo scandal. But her presence has drawn hundreds of complaints.”

“Chung and her singing partner, Charlene Choi of the pop duo Twins, were among an all-star line-up for a show, held by the local TVB station, fundraising for the snowstorm-stricken people on the mainland.”

“The night collected about 70 million Hong Kong dollars.”

“Despite the charity theme, TVB received more than 170 complaints against Chung, who was seen in a string of photos leaked online earlier this month in bed with local singer-actor Edison Chen.”

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