This Chinese Actress Spoke Up About Being Upskirted And Blackmailed And People Are Praising Her Bravery
Jiang Mengjie said she decided to come forward because she hopes she can help more people become aware to the issue.
Chinese actress Jiang Mengjie is being praised for speaking out about her experience of being upskirted and blackmailed.
33-year-old Jiang said in a Weibo post to her eight million followers on Wednesday April 19 that the incident, when someone took an upskirt video of her, happened years ago.
She said she first learned about it when her staff noticed comments about “secret footage of her” under her Weibo posts.
Afterwards, her friend sent her the video, which she said left her and her team feeling “angry, disgusted and subsequently powerlessness.”
She said in her post that she then started to receive private messages blackmailing her.
The messages threatened to send the explicit video to paparazzi, adult sites, TV and film companies, as well as brands she was working with, according to screenshots she shared.
She said she eventually brought the case to the authorities.
During the process, she said she discovered that the number of other people who had been secretly photographed “exceeded her imagination” and that others had their photos and videos sold for money.
She said she decided to come forward because she hopes she can help more people become aware and pay attention to the issue.
“I hope others who have also become victims of similar types of incidents won’t be afraid, nor ashamed to fight,” she wrote. “It is not our fault that we have been secretly photographed.”
Jiang said that authorities had detained the suspects in her case and would notify her when the prosecution was finalized.
Her post went viral on Weibo, receiving more than 600 million views and gaining more than 1.1 million likes.
People praised her bravery.
There are currently no laws prohibiting the sale of hidden cameras in China, and people who photograph or film others without consent are usually sentenced to no longer than 10 days in prison, making upskirting a common concern among women in China, according to the BBC.
