Ruling bans sales of Easy Finder issue to under 18s
The Easy Finder magazine edition containing pictures of Canto-pop idol Gillian Chung Yan-tung changing her clothes has been classified as Class II indecent by the Obscene Articles Tribunal.
The interim Class II classification, which means the issue cannot be sold to anyone under 18, came as complaints about the publication doubled in a day to 1,726. Publisher Next Media has five days after receiving notice of the classification to seek a full hearing.
The Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority said it respected the interim ruling. Tela will not prosecute until a final classification has been issued.
The number of complaints leapt from 812 on Wednesday, surpassing the 1,656 and 1,650 lodged against two articles in Yes! magazine in 2004, and the 1,149 against Eastweek for featuring a nude actress on its cover.
Chung, of the top-selling Twins duo, is expected to return to Hong Kong today.
Investigations are continuing in Malaysia into how the hidden camera that took the pictures of Chung came to be placed in a dressing room at the Genting Arena of Stars.