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Nude fund-raiser under police watch
Chinese teen posts pics for quake victims

By Wassayos Ngamkham


Police are monitoring a Chinese website on which a girl posts her nude pictures to raise funds for Sichuan earthquake victims. Pol Maj-Gen Wisut Wanichbutr, commander of the Economic and Technology-related Crime Suppression Division (ETCSD), said 19-year-old Xiao Yun's website is creating a buzz in the cyber community, but it might be illegal.



ETCSD inspector Pol Lt-Col Panya Cha-emthes said the distribution or display of nude pictures is subject to prosecution under the computer crime law passed this year.


Webmasters of such sites are liable for a jail term of up to five years and/or a fine of up to 100,000 baht.


Those who duplicate the pictures and post them online will also be punished.

Ms Xiao caused a media sensation in her country after she displayed hundreds of pictures showing herself in lingerie and in the nude on the website to raise cash for the victims of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province.


On the website, she says she is a Sichuan native who has moved to Beijing.

She says she wants to raise as much money as possible to help earthquake victims in her home province. She adds the higher the donations, the more nude pictures will be posted.


She says she is a student and she considers her nude fund-raising attempt to be an expression of support for her homeland.


Ms Xiao claims she does not care for self-publicity and does not wish to earn money for herself.


She says she genuinely wants to do her part to aid the quake victims.

The teenager adds that she does not consider the photographs vulgar, but rather an art form.


Her website has so far received more than a million hits.
With her pictures spreading throughout the internet, Ms Xiao has become an online celebrity, with 6,500 blogs mentioning her.








"the distribution or display of nude pictures is subject to prosecution under the computer crime law passed this year" - so this law extends world wide

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