Chinese web pornographer jailed for life
Sun sets on 'Pornographic Summer'
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 22nd November 2006
A Chinese web pornographer who founded the country's "largest
pornography website" has been sentenced to life imprisonment,
Reuters reports.
The Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court jailed 28-year-old Chen Hui
for his part in establishing "Pornographic Summer" and three other
unnamed sites.
Established in 2004, Pornographic Summer charged its estimated
600,000 users between £13 and £17, although police said it was
"difficult to know how much money Chen made from the sites, since
most of it was spent or squirreled away in foreign bank
accounts".
Eight other organisers of Chen sites were jailed for between 13
months to 10 years. The court also "ordered the confiscation of
100,000 yuan" (£6,600 pounds), according to Xinhua news
agency.
Chen evaded the authorities by regularly changing domain name and
server, Xinua added. ®