Edison Chen sex photos scandal has entered Day 16, there were no pictures surfaced even though KIRA promised to post 3 videos 2 days earlier. Coolsmurf has speculated that the scandal has come to the final episode.
So it seems like “Kira” got his money and is going to have a good time enjoying it. The final straw for Albert Yeung must be the three photos of his niece, Vincy Yeung that got him really worried. “Kira” is unlikely to appear again since he got what he wanted, $$$. Now you know why Gillian smiled and Edison’s return to Hong Kong in the next few days. This is how the world works unfortunately. It will be interesting to hear him speak about this in details since his video message earlier on didn’t tell us much and was a disappointment.
According to sources, it’s suspected that ”Kira” might be in Japan when he posted the messages but the IP address originated from North America instead. To catch “Kira”, the Hong Kong police would have to rely on the local authorities to execute the investigations and this is no doubt a logistic nightmare.
Rumors surrounding the scandal seems still surfacing:
And originally there were 3 people that were blackmailing Edison and EEG. The popular rumor is that EEG had caught up with one of the guys and took him/her out of the picture (think Mob hit), and the other two are in hiding in SE Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, and now supposetly North America). EEG didn’t want to pay, so, “Kira” have been escalating the price, to the point where pics of the neice of EEG’s chairman is released.
Another rumor regarding Maggie Q is that she was willing to pay for the blackmail, and hence no released pics of her.
And to spite Gillian, due to her acting as pure and innocent in her recent interview, “Kira” supposetly have released a full sex video with interesting conversation between Edison and Gillian. Personally, I’m trying to find that vid to hear it first hand, but the conversation pretty much tells you how messed up the HK movie industry is. Edison asked who was better in bed, Him, “Big brother”, or the Chairman. Jackie Chan is known as “Big brother 大哥”, and the other guy, Edison’s girlfriend’s uncle, chairman of EEG… Pretty much most of the industry works for EEG.
The Biggest Lesson of "Sex Photos Gate" is the Exposure of Hypocrisy is definitely a worthy reading:
So Gillian Chung finally emerged to face the media and the public. She had to come out sooner or later because she does not want to give up her artist career and her company does not want to abandon a goose that lays golden eggs. She said that she was very naïve and very silly, but now she has grown up. In those few short sentences, she did not admit to any mistakes but she has practically admitted that the photographs were not the product of computer modification.
In truth, Gillian Chung had not been very naïve and she was not silly. Her image of an innocent little angel was posed. Two years ago, she cried publicly after the EasyFinder photos and said that she could not face up to young people who idolize her. Another time, she saw Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse kissing and she said that she was disgusted and that she would never do that. She attended the <Chaste School Campus Inauguration> organized by the City of David Cultural Centre and stated clearly that she opposed pre-marital sex. While she was saying those words in 2006, she was posing for those obscene photographs. In a comment left at Apple Daily, someone wrote: "We despise you not for your licentiousness, but for your hypocrisy."
This gets right to the point. In truth, Gillian Chung is not the only hypocrite. Her company Emperor Entertainment Group was also hypocritical. On the first obscene photographs appeared, EEG announced that these photographs were manufactured by "criminal elements" using "computer modification" and they filed a police report immediately. The Performance Artists Association was also hypocritical. During the EasyFinder episode, the Association was up at arms. In the face of these obscene photographs, the Association only said that "this was not just sad for the entertainment industry, but for all of the people of Hong Kong as well." The performance artists may be sad because they are afraid their own private affairs will also be revealed, but what has the majority of the people of Hong Kong got to be sad about? Why is there any need for the people of Hong Kong to be sad over the sorrows of a few individual entertainers?
The police were also hypocritical. Before the Obscene Articles Tribunal even made any classifications, the police arrested netizen Chung Yik-tin for posting one obscene photograph and remanded him without bail for eight weeks. This was clearly a case that the police was using to intimidate netizens from circulating the obscene photographs, but they claimed that Chung was involved in another fraud case. It is unprecedented for someone to be held without bail on two unrelated cases. This is the hypocrisy of law enforcement. Commissioner of Police Tang King-shing rendered an "interpretation of the law" when he claimed that possession of obscene photographs "with intent to distribute" is against the law. It was clear that the police wanted to intimidate people.
The hypocrisy of the police also showed up in that they knew that the obscene photographs originated from the computer of Edison Chen, but they still kept looking for the 'source' everywhere. Why not summon Edison Chen directly for interrogation and ask for an accounting to see if the photographs were taken secretly or with consent? To whom were the obscene photographs given to? How did it circulate to the outside? They knew where the source was but they didn't bother. Instead they went around arresting people all over the street. This showed that the police was unfair and hypocritical in enforcing the law.
Some of the media were also hypocritical. They raised the banner of morality. They condemned those who possess and view the obscene photographs. They even condemned the other media which reported on these obscene photographs for publishing edited versions. The exposure of the truth should be the duty of the media. It is especially important to expose the true faces of performance artists who pretend that they are morally upright or innocent little angles, so that the fans won't be fooled.
The storm over these obscene photographs revealed all sorts of hypocrisies. This may be the reason why "Kira" released more photographs each time that another hypocrisy was committed, including escalating the degree of obscenity. The storm over these obscene photographs tell us that some people think that they can do anything or tell any lies as long as they close the door and leave no material evidence (such as photographs).
What is hypocrisy? In law, this refers to acts or speeches that present a narrative that is inconsistent with the facts. Simply put, this refers to certain misleading or deceptive narratives. The series of hypocritical acts and speeches brought up by the obscene photographs lets people feel that Hong Kong has become a city of hypocrisy.
Fortunately, there are still some media that are awake and insistent on uncovering the truth. Fortunately, there are still the netizens, especially those who protested against the hypocritical police on the day before yesterday.
Other developments are 1) Gillian Chung returned to work at her studio at EEG where she was asked what her sex position was on bed, of course she didn't answer the reporters' question by popping out "thanks for the concerns"; 2) Edison Chen has lodged a police report via rep on the stolen files stored in his computer (a pink Apple PowerBook, aka Cotton Candy Mac) and Cecilia Cheung and Candice Cheng were quizzed by the police, both of them neither acknowledged nor denied their involvement in the sex photos scandal; 3) Nicolas Tse's rep Mani Fok said the relationship of Tse and wife Cecilia is still ok and not affected by the scandal.