Opinion | Businessman blackmailed officials after filming them having sex, say reports
Reports say more Chongqing officials probably implicated in sex-tape scandal
Using young women as bait, Chongqing businessman Xiao Ye lured at least a dozen Chongqing officials into a “honey trap”.
He secretly videotaped them having sex with the women. Xiao then demanded the officials give him lucrative government contracts, China’s Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
Former Beibei district party chief Lei Zhengfu told police about the blackmail in 2009 following threats from Xiao, the report said.
Chongqing police seized the videos and arrested Xiao. The careers of some of the officials were not intially affected by the incident. Several actually got promoted after 2009, the report said.
It turned out Lei was not the only victim. At least 10 mid-ranking Chongqing officials have been sacked amid reports more might be implicated in the sex-video scandal.