Grassroots Alliance founder Lee Zheng-hao (李正皓) yesterday announced his decision to temporarily withdraw from the group after allegations emerged that he had secretly filmed his bedroom trysts.
Lee made the decision in response to an article published in yesterday’s edition of the Chinese-language Next Magazine, which allegedly featured Line conversations between Lee and one of the women he is said to have recorded a sex video with.
In the messages, Lee accused the woman of leaking the existence of his sex videos and threatened to publish the one involving her if she refused to put an end to the scandal, according to the article.
He also threatened to make sure that they “die together” if she did not come to her senses, according to the article.
The article quoted the woman as saying that she discovered sex videos featuring seven or eight different women in Lee’s mobile phone, but was unsure whether they were made secretly.
The report came after a user of the Professional Technology Temple (PTT), the nation’s largest academic online bulletin board, who identified himself as “Fang Chang” (方丈), posted an article on the forum questioning whether Lee had picked up women at bars and filmed his sexual encounters with them.
“Have you ever recorded your sexual activities with girls you picked up at bars? Or even, filmed your trophies without their knowledge?” Fang Chang asked Lee at the time.
Following the magazine’s release, Fang Chang faced reporters yesterday afternoon, saying that the female whistle-blower had also approached him and that he possessed many records of conversations with her regarding the alleged sex videos.
However, he expressed reservations about the woman’s claims that she had watched Lee’s sex videos.
Later yesterday, Lee called an impromptu news conference, at which he denied he had made any secret sex videos.
Asked what video footage he referred to in his conversations with the woman cited in the article, Lee said it only depicted their outings together and that because her family were against their relationship, which ended last month, he attempted to use the film to try and quiet her.
“When I said ‘die,’ it was less strong than its literal meaning. It was said in the heat of the moment,” Lee said.
Lee, who served as secretary-general of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Youth League, joined several other younger KMT members in establishing the alliance to push for reforms following the party’s unprecedented defeat in last month’s presidential and legislative elections.
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