The controversy over the publication of a VCD that allegedly depicts a sexual encounter between the New Party's Chu Mei-feng (
Officials at the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office said yesterday that they were actively investigating the case and that police are hunting a suspect in the case who formerly worked at a detective agency.
At a press conference on Thurs-day, Chung Yung-sheng (
Although Shen Yeh (
"The publication of the VCD has seriously violated both the Criminal Code and the Civil Code," Chung said.
Huang Shan-shan (
Huang filed the libel suit after Wei publicly called Chu a "liar" on Tuesday after Huang had read one of Chu's statements.
In a statement, Chu wrote that Scoop Weekly had "sentenced her to death" with its unsubstantiated report and distribution of the VCD.
Meanwhile, the Taipei City Police Department revealed that they have targeted a suspect, who may be responsible for filming the bedroom scene with a pinhole camera -- and who has already made tens of millions of NT dollars by selling the VCDs across the nation.
As for the rumor that the whole case was orchestrated by one of Chu's female friends, surnamed Kuo (
Local newspapers yesterday reported that Kuo, an instructor at a religious healing group, was the one who betrayed Chu, and suggested that the instructor actually had more video footage of Chu.
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