Police visit home of Chongqing sex tape whistle-blower

Zhu Ruifeng, the whistle-blower in the Chongqing sex tape scandal, said on his weibo on Sunday that police had harassed him at his Beijing home and that he feared for his safety.

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Whistle-blower Zhu Ruifeng speaks to reporters after being questioned by police for a whole day in Beijing on January 28. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song

Published: 10:33am, 28 Jan 2013Updated: 6:26pm, 28 Jan 2013

Zhu Ruifeng, the whistle-blower in the Chongqing sex tape scandal, said on his weibo on Sunday that police had harassed him at his Beijing home and that he feared for his safety.

Zhu's release two months ago of compromising video clips of Chongqing district-level party boss, Lei Zhengfu, resulted in a scandal involving sex tapes, blackmail and lucrative government contracts, and led to the sacking of 11 officials.

“More officials involved in the scandal have gotten away,” Zhu said in an interview last week after Chongqing government sacked 10 officials. “But we have the internet as our weapon, and we will continue our investigation.”

On Sunday, Zhu said on weibo that police officers were knocking on the door of his Beijing apartment.

“The five police officers are still here,” he wrote at 7pm on Sunday. “I said, ‘you are most likely Chongqing police. I am willing to sit in Lei Zhengfus’ jail. I have made preparations. But I am a Beijing resident, so please ask my district officer Zhao Yang to contact me. Otherwise, I won’t leave, even if you break my door down’.”

Zhu then asked netizens on weibo to help spread his message.

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