Prosecution of clerk to go ahead after sex photos ruled obscene

The prosecution of a clerk who allegedly uploaded 93 sex photos of celebrities will continue in June after the Obscene Articles Tribunal ruled yesterday that most of the photos were obscene.

A magistrate and two adjudicators ruled that 84 of the photos were obscene and the other nine were indecent. The clerk, Kwok Chun-wai, had challenged the obscenity of the photos and called for the classification hearing.

Kwok has been charged with three counts of publishing an obscene article after posting internet hyperlinks on January 29 and February 6, allowing Net users to download images of female stars naked or performing oral sex acts with actor-singer Edison Chen Koon-hei.

Kwok, who has yet to enter a plea, will appear before Kwun Tong Court on June 2 for a preliminary hearing.

After an hour's deliberation, Magistrate Selwyn Hason Au See-hin and two adjudicators found the 84 photos 'obscene' because they detailed graphic oral sex acts between the stars, who were naked and whose private parts were visible.

The other nine photos, which depicted the stars in sex acts without showing their private parts, were deemed 'indecent' because of their overall effect with the other pictures.

Mr Au said the pictures were 'immoral' because they communicated a moral standard with which reasonable people would disagree.