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[yearning]

But the thing is--I bet ordinary girls get this as well. There's tons of pervs who put spy cameras into change rooms. The only thing is that their pics will get posted online or sold on porn magainzes as opposed to being put on headline editions of magazines. So I guess it's a pro and con situation if ordinary girls--one thing, they won't get as many ppl looking at their private pics, but then again, no one really cares that much about it, and I doubt the police would care at all. They probably wouldn't even get 1/2 of the "justice" that Gillian is getting (which isn't really justice either).

But yeah, I think she needs to be a bit stronger. Of course, it's easy for us to say since we're not in the situation, but as a star, you have to cope with all sorts of situations. It's nice that her friends are being supportive, but she needs to strengthen up too. What if something horrible, i.e. Carina's case, god forbid, happened to her? They really do need a higher threshold of taking in ** that is thrown at them and dealing with it.

Oh yeah, isn't Carina still acting/in the business now even after the incident? Not sure if Infernal Affairs was after or not...but that woman has some real guts.

I have one last thing to add--I've seen tons of these things in Western media with National Enquirer etc, but the public doesn't complain as much. I guess maybe Western men are more pervertive lol and enjoy seeing actresses w/ very little on or whatever, but the issue doesn't blow up as much.

I think the whole deal with the issue is that it's GILLIAN CHUNG--the ultimate image of an "innocent girl" revealed, and that's what really outrages everyone. If it was someone who's exposing a sexy image, i.e. Queenie Chu or Lin Zhi Ling, there wouldn't be such an uproar, even if the act itself was the same.

[Kay_Thi]

Might be off subject, but what happened to Carina?

[Big_Bad_Jon]

Might be off subject, but what happened to Carina?

she was involved in a pre-empted attack by hong kong triads, where she was driving home, intercepted by a van and was raped and sexually assaulted by more than one person with pictures taken. pictures were sent to media magazines and were on the front covers. carina's reaction was amazing if you think about it. she is now with tony leung, still acting. gilians act is NOTHING compared to this and she is crying like a baby looking for sympathy....i think it is pathetic

[Kay_Thi]

That's horrible! What they did to her was much worse. But, people react differently to these kind of things. Maybe Carina is stronger and, i guess, can let go of what happened.

[arachidonic]

she was involved in a pre-empted attack by hong kong triads, where she was driving home, intercepted by a van and was raped and sexually assaulted by more than one person with pictures taken. pictures were sent to media magazines and were on the front covers. carina's reaction was amazing if you think about it. she is now with tony leung, still acting. gilians act is NOTHING compared to this and she is crying like a baby looking for sympathy....i think it is pathetic

Aiks. I wasn't aware about that. Now its weird.. how come they didn't do anything that big for Carina? Gillian really need to be stronger then. Carina's case was much worst. Anyhow, I hope Carina's case isn't brought up while dealing with Gillian's issue. It might hurt her.

[mellon]

I don't get it. Carina's case was way worser than Gillian, how come Gillian is getting all these media uproar while Carina didn't? I felt sorry for Gillian to be violated like that, but we couldn't see much from the pix and she was crying like someone died.

[Jan Low]

How long ago was the Carina's case?? Must be quite some time ago Never knew about this. Don't know where I was then. I agee that Carina's case sounds worse, much worse but it does not mean that Gillian's case is less disturbing. Gosh Carina must be so strong to overcome this experience.
I felt sorry for Gillian at the meeting but pleased to see that most TVB's stars were there in support. Hopefully the person who took the photos will feel guilty for what he has done and the magazine who published the photos.

[kidd]

she was involved in a pre-empted attack by hong kong triads, where she was driving home, intercepted by a van and was raped and sexually assaulted by more than one person with pictures taken. pictures were sent to media magazines and were on the front covers. carina's reaction was amazing if you think about it. she is now with tony leung, still acting. gilians act is NOTHING compared to this and she is crying like a baby looking for sympathy....i think it is pathetic

I don't remember any mentioned of her being raped.

[CC]

I don't remember any mentioned of her being raped.

It was never reported in the papers or magazines IIRC. Even when the magazine carried the photos years later, they did not print her name.

I am pretty sure its true though. I saw the damn video thru someone's mobile phone. The video is probably still out there somewhere in the internet.

And the answer why nobody did anything compared to this Gillian's case is that there is less HYPE about it. Its all about SELF-SERVING-MEDIA-HYPE!

[Big_Bad_Jon]

I don't remember any mentioned of her being raped.

hmm...taken away by a gang of hong kong triads, took pictures of her naked sending the pictures to the media. and then said, 'yeh, we each of us took a turn raping her as well, and make that headline. btw. don't tell the police about the raping bit. they're on our backs as it is.' yeh. something like that does make sense...

[CC]

Another reason why you don't have Jackie Chan leading a bunch of actors/actresses in protest of Carina's case.

Its easier to protest at a magazine and its editors then to take on the Triads. If they can do that to Carina, they can do that to you too.

[pemberly]

well, they did have lots of actors causing an uproar about carina's case. this happened in the 80s and it was a private affair so nobody did anything. but when the pictures were published a couple of years ago, there was a huge uproar. the magazine was shut down, but then just opened a couple months later. sleazy magazine by the way. they always had the grossest stupidest covers. i used to see it in the magazine stands and cringe. bleck.

[jay_z]

i saw those pictures of carina lau, and might still have them on one of my yahoo's accounts.

as of gil's case, no big deal. like bad jon said, she didn't get rape.

[yearning]

Well I've seen on other forums of people making the argument that Gillian has been in more revealing stuff before for ads/promotion. I guess it's the principle of the thing that's wrong, though I don't think it's quite as devastating as her reaction is. Or maybe her manager told her to do that to get a good case out, who knows. As long as it's for a good cause, I guess, to get stronger enforcement of the law.

[asillysaint]

Gillian and Carina are two different individuals, perhaps Carina is a lot stronger than Gillian in general. There is nothing wrong with crying or shedding tears in public; gosh, some of you guys make it seem as if it's a crime to cry. And please...Gillian only cried twice and that's considered over-reacting? Just because Carina didn't express as much sorrow doesn't mean Gillian has to silence herself as well and maintain a completely calm posture. Different individuals take different situations differently whether they're minor or major, understand that. Not all persons react the same and on the same level.

One thing, I don't see how Gillian being a celebrity is gaining her any justice. Try to explain how 10,000 complaints is fair? I'm sorry but Easy Finder is not even receiving half the penalty of what happened in Carina's case and yeah, some of you may say, Carina's case was a lot worse but bottom line is, a crime is still a crime regardless.

[Familia]

I really sorry for her..............

[Southern Crane]

It's great all these stars are standing behind Gillian and together against this. It really is tasteless. But buyers of these tabloids are ultimately to blame imo. If the market wasn't so lucrative, then these magazines wouldn't do such ridiculous things to get 'the shot'.

Show your support by stop buying this crap.

[yearning]

I don't think the buyers are completely to blame either though, on a societal scale. Of course, pervs will always be pervs, but young stars should really start dressing more "decent" and stop trying to lure fans with their sexual appeal. Twins is ok in this regard, after all--they are selling their "clean image" ~ choosing to go down an opposite path, but it's because of those "sexy stars" that people are getting turned on so much by this craze.

They say that sex sells, but if the marketing companies make an effort to stop using sex to sell their stars, then maybe the public wouldn't turn so pervertive? Hmm..

[Southern Crane]

That's like saying a woman 'deserves' to be raped or is 'asking for it' because of the way she dresses. No matter how you look at it, there is no justification for shooting Gillian in private while she's dressing.

And of course, the motivation for publishing the pictures is money. But if people weren't buying these tabloids, there'd be neither a market nor a reason for shooting and publishing them in the first place.

[KantopunK...xD]

I don't get it. Carina's case was way worser than Gillian, how come Gillian is getting all these media uproar while Carina didn't? I felt sorry for Gillian to be violated like that, but we couldn't see much from the pix and she was crying like someone died.

gillian was a more shy and quiet person than carina