Taipei police have apprehended a 27-year-old suspect, Hung Yu-lin (洪佑霖), who was charged earlier this week with 20 counts of offenses against privacy after investigators found numerous clandestine sex videos on his computer and mobile devices, reportedly involving at least 25 women.
Prosecutors said Hung filmed his sexual activities in bed, mostly without the consent or knowledge of the women, most of whom he met on dating Web sites.
Earlier this week, Hung was charged with 20 counts of interference with personal privacy (妨害秘密罪), which each carrying a possible three-year prison term.
Prosecutors said they were seeking heavy punishment due to the nature of the crime and the high number of victims.
The case has received considerable publicity because Hung allegedly boasted of his academic qualifications, with two master’s degrees in medical sciences, which he reportedly used to entice women to have sex with him.
Prosecutors said Hung received his post-graduate degrees in medical sciences from National Taiwan University (NTU) and Taipei Medical University.
The case came to light when a woman filed a complaint with police in February last year after she noticed hidden recording equipment while having sex with Hung. The woman demanded that Hung delete the video, but he refused, saying it was only for his private viewing and promising it would never be seen by anyone else.
Their brief relationship ended shortly thereafter and the woman reported Hung to police out of fear of the video being leaked.
Prosecutors said they raided Hung’s home in Taipei, where he lived with his parents, and found sex videos involving at least 25 women, most of whom appeared to be between 20 and 40 years of age.
When police contacted the women, only four said they had knowledge of Hung’s proclivity for filming his sexual encounters, and most felt victimized and wanted to press charges.
Hung’s case has been compared to the scandal involving socialite Justin Lee (李宗瑞), who was convicted of sexual assault and related offenses against women.
Lee allegedly used his wealthy family background to live like a playboy, frequenting Taipei nightclubs to meet young women, take them home, drug them and sexually assault them.
Lee was found guilty and given a prison term of 22 years, 10 months in October last year.
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