Tamkang University said yesterday it was likely to discipline one of its female students for allegedly taking nude and sexually compromising photos with her boyfriend in the school's restroom, which were then widely circulated on the Internet.
Chinese-language newspapers including the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times' sister paper) and the China Times yesterday reported that a senior high-school student had posted nude and sexually compromising photos of himself and his girlfriend -- a Tamkang University female student -- on his blog, which does not necessitate a password to be accessed.
nudie spreads
His blog attracted scores of people, who viewed the pictures and distributed them on the Internet.
Although the owner of the blog has since removed the photos from his site, the pictures are still available on numerouis other Web sites.
Some of the photos showed the female student totally nude being held by her boyfriend. Photos sexual in nature were also taken and posted on the site, but it remained unclear as to whether they had actually had sexual intercourse.
Wan Tung (宛同), a spokeswoman for the university, told reporters yesterday that the female student had admitted to the school that she was the woman in the pictures.
location
Wan said that if it were proven that the pictures were taken at the school -- which would damage its reputation -- disciplinary action would likely be taken, adding that the school would also counsel the female student for possible psychological trauma.
The female university student was quoted by the China Times as saying that she did not oppose her boyfriend's idea because she thought her boyfriend was jesting when he said he would make the pictures available for all to see on his blog.
criminal angle
Taipei District Prosecutors' Office spokesman Lin Jinn-tsun (林錦村) said yesterday that the male student's behavior might have violated Article 235 of the Criminal Law (刑法), which bans the sale, circulation and public display of obscene material (散布猥褻物品罪).
The Criminal Investigation Bureau said it had launched an investigation.
The male student left a message on his blog yesterday, saying he had been interviewed by police officers.
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