Jail for techie in sex pics scandal

HONG KONG: A computer technician will be jailed for stealing sexually explicit photos of Canto pop icon Edison Chen Koon-hei that were distributed on the Internet.

A Hong Kong court yesterday found Dicky Sze Ho-chun, 24, guilty on three counts of obtaining access to a computer with a view to making a dishonest gain. The images showed Chen engaged in lewd sex acts with a string of female celebrities, including Cecilia Cheung and Gillian Chung.

The scandal destroyed Chen's entertainment career in Hong Kong, forcing him to take early retirement from the local industry.