Gloria Chan sex scandal

The Gloria Chan sex scandal is a popular case that began publicizing in Hong Kong December 2010 between former Asian Games athlete Gloria Chan Hok-yan (陳學殷) and a mysterious man with no name referred to by the media as "rich tycoon X" (富商X).[1] The scandal eventually led to a court case where Gloria Chan is accused of blackmailing X out of HK$3 million over a sex videotape to be used as evidence against him.[2] Because X is rich, his identity is being protected. The judge and the HK court have emphasized that the identity of X cannot be revealed.[3][4]

Profile

Prior to the scandal, Gloria Chan is mostly known in Hong Kong as a boat rower who participated at the Bangkok 1998 Asian Games at the age of 15. In 2010 she is 37 years old, married with a son.[1]

The rich tycoon is known to be a 72-year-old business man (born 1928).[1] Though some sources suggest he is 73 years of age, and that they are 46 years apart.[3] He is married.[1][5]

Scandal

X first met Gloria Chan in a Chinese restaurant in 2005, when she worked as a receptionist. Six months later, he arranged to have Chan work in his company as a shipping clerk.[1] Later he gave her two checks for HK$70,000 and HK$100,000 when he learned she was pregnant and getting married in 2006.[1] They met 3 times in a motel in 2010, and had sex in the second meeting.[1]

On 12 May 2010 X received an unsigned letter accusing him of treating her like a prostitute. Chan threatened to publicize their sexual relationship with a videotape if X did not deposit HK$3 million into a bank account.[1] Thus began the court case where Chan is accused of blackmailing X.[2]

Court case

On 6 December 2010 X testified at the HK District court. X protected his identity behind a screen, spoke in Cantonese with a mainland China accent and appealed for leniency.[1] X said Gloria Chan was having financial difficulties and had no money to pay for school fees. Later in an interview Chan admitted she never had a videotape. She just wanted to scare him.[1] During the case, she proclaimed loudly that she was "Not a chicken (prostitute)".[6]

On 14 January 2011 Gloria Chan has been sentenced to 15 month in imprisonment by the District Court. The judge said he did not think she was remorseful at all.[7]

Responses

The case has generated nonstop heated responses online urging netizens to guess who the rich tycoon is.[8] According to the lawyer, he warned the public that the name of X cannot be revealed, and compared it to "provoking the fight carries the same offence as participating in the fight".[8]

Comparison

In the 1980s a similar blackmail case occurred involving a Mr X unknown male. Celebrity TVB staff member Ivan Ho (何守信) was eventually revealed to be the mystery person.[9] Another case occurred in August 2011 involving mainland female Ki Chun-yim (祈春艷) and another Mr X.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Standard HK. "The Standard.com." Leniency plea for rower in $3m `sex-tape' case. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  2. 1 2 RTHK.org. "RTHK.org." Blackmail case adjourned again. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  3. 1 2 Yahoo.com. "Yahoo.com." 陳學殷險爆X富商身分 稱原盼共組家庭. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  4. ↑ Metroradio.com.hk. "Metroradio.com.hk." 本港七旬富商被英國華裔女子勒索. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  5. ↑ Singtao.ca. "Singtao.ca." 我的. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  6. ↑ HKdailynews.com.hk. "HKdailynews.com.hk." 划艇女不滿被當「雞」. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  7. ↑ RTHK "RTHK.org.hk."
  8. 1 2 Cdnews.com.tw. "Cdnews.com.tw." 大陸/勒索案事主富商X身分疑曝光　香港警方介入調查. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
  9. ↑ 翁靜晶. [2009] (2009). 危險人物V. 天地圖書有限公司出版. ISBN 978-988-219-071-9.
  10. ↑ South China morning post. Evil woman jailed for HK$139m extortion plot. Sept 08, 2011.
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