on 31 january 2008, an unemployed man identified as 29-year-old chung yik-tin (鍾亦天) was arrested for allegedly uploading one image; 12 pictures were found on his computer. the next day he was arraigned but denied bail because he was suspected of blackmailing the actor and actresses. chung yik-tin spent chinese new year in detention. after investigating the connection between the suspect and artists, the police were satisfied that blackmail was not involved. chung was unconditionally released from detention on 15 february, and charges against him were dropped.