Hong Kong actor Edison Chen leaves a news conference promoting his new movie "sniper" in Singapore April 5, 2009. Chen, who was involved in a nude photo scandal after pictures of him were released on the internet last year, appeared at the news conference despite being sent a bullet in the mail last month, local media reported. [Photo: Agencies]Chen had declined to appear in a Hong Kong courtroom saying he feared for his safety in Hong Kong.
Chen stressed in his deposition that he was the sole user of all four computers involved in the case. He said he had not disclosed the passwords to those computers to anyone.
Only he and the women shown in the photos had seen the pictures, which were deleted from the digital cameras with which they were taken after Chen uploaded them on computers. None of the four women received copies.
Chen said he believed the pictures were stolen during a repair in 2006.
"They invaded my privacy and stole my things in a very direct way," he said.
The sex photo scandal destroyed Chen's entertainment career in Hong Kong, forcing him to take early retirement from the local industry last year. Sze, who doesn't have a criminal record, is on bail. If convicted, he could spend up to five years in jail. The trial at the Kowloon City Magistracy is expected to last another 10 days. Sixteen witnesses have been called.
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