TV host and entertainer Mickey Huang (黃子佼) was sentenced to eight months in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of minors without due cause, the Taipei District Court announced today.
Huang was charged with contravening the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例).
Photo: Lin Hsin-ying, Taipei Times
He is also subject to a fine of NT$100,000 and can appeal the case.
In May, Huang was indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office for allegedly possessing seven explicit images of underage girls.
Prosecutors were investigating Huang for another case involving sexual assault accusations and found the images on his confiscated hard drive.
In late July, they found 41 other explicit images of minors in Huang’s possession, some as young as 11 and most 15 or 16 years old.
Prosecutors said that Huang had been a member of the online forum “Chuangyi Sifang” (創意私房) since Feb. 12, 2014, where he purchased and viewed sexually explicit videos and images of minors.
Starting from Feb. 17 last year, he stored these images on an external hard drive, they said.
Closing arguments for this case were heard by the court on Oct. 15 and the verdict was announced today.
Additional reporting by CNA
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