was the biggest victim. At the height of the scandal, she was performing at a charity event. When she took the stage, the audience booed. Her statement, unbelievably naive in retrospect, was, "I was very, very silly... I used to be very naive." She was crucified. She withdrew from showbiz for over a year, and the Twins’ $100 million career pipeline collapsed overnight.
In January 2008, a technological and cultural earthquake struck the Mandarin-language entertainment world. It wasn’t a political coup or a natural disaster, but a leak. A leak of digital photographs that would not only derail the careers of some of Asia’s biggest stars but also fundamentally change the relationship between celebrities, their private devices, and the public’s insatiable appetite for scandal. edison chen scandal photo
The scandal began on January 27, 2008, when an anonymous user posted the first three images on an online forum. Within 24 hours, the images had spread to Hong Kong, Chinese, and Taiwanese internet spaces. Before the week was over, a second batch of over 200 photos emerged. By February, the total number of leaked images exceeded 1,300. The victims? A constellation of beloved starlets: Gillian Chung (of the insanely popular duo Twins), Bobo Chan, Cecilia Cheung (then-married to actor Nicholas Tse), and several others. was the biggest victim