SHANGHAI police have taken into custody a man alleged to have filmed a 12-minute sex video that caused a storm after it was circulated online and downloaded by hundreds of thousands of people, the city's public security bureau yesterday said.
The man was detained about two months after the explicit video was first uploaded.
The video became one of the most popular downloads in China's mainland.
The video was tagged "Kappa girl at Shanghai No. 1 Department Store's east building," because it featured a woman who worked in the Italian sportswear brand Kappa's shop. She was fired from the store after fascinated Netizens tracked down her personal information and flocked to the store.
The suspect is a local resident surnamed Huang. Police said he was now in criminal custody for allegedly spreading pornographic content.
Police allege Huang filmed the video clip and sent it to a colleague, surnamed Wang. Huang also uploaded screen captures of the video to his QQ space, police said.
Netizens were then able to download the video as well as its screen captures, both of which were deemed pornographic by the authorities.
Officers said tens of thousands of people had keyed in search terms related to the girl and the explicit video every day since November.
After she was fired, the girl set up a blog to turn her newfound fame into profit, offering advertising space and interviews in exchange for cash.
Officers said some Netizens are still uploading the video, although they are trying to stop it from spreading.
Another Netizen, also °?suspected of spreading the video, has been tracked down to Hubei Province, police said. His name has been passed to Hubei police.
Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081219/article_385103.htm
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