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HONG KONG : A Hong Kong computer technician was Wednesday sentenced to eight and a half months' jail for stealing more than 1,000 sexually explicit photos of disgraced pop idol Edison Chen with a string of starlets.
Last month, Sze Ho-chun, an employee of computer shop Elite Multimedia, was found guilty of stealing, copying and distributing about 1,300 photos showing the Hong Kong-Canadian actor having sex with at least half a dozen women, including Canto-pop star Gillian Chung, actress Cecilia Cheung and Bobo Chan.
Sze, 24, had copied sex photos from Chen's laptop when he brought it in for repairs in 2006. The prosecution said the photos were saved on a compact disc, which he then passed to another of his customers.
The lewd images became widely circulated on the Internet in late January last year, sparking one of the city's biggest sex scandals. Sze was arrested in February.
Chen, 29, who has admitted to taking the pictures, was forced to quit showbiz and fled the country, going into self-exile in Canada.
Sze's lawyer said that his client was being made a scapegoat by those hiding their involvement in the case. In particular, fellow co-worker Chris Tse and shop owner Terry Ip were both accused of being untruthful witnesses.
- CNA/il
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