2025-10-03 17:46 United Daily News / Reporter Zeng Jianyou / Taichung Breaking News
A man surnamed Hong from the National Taiwan University Law School disguised himself as a female online user, searching for “straight” men. He targeted muscular men for nude chats, recorded their masturbation videos, sold them, and remade them for profit. This resulted in 321 men and teenagers being victimized across Taiwan, and prosecutors and police seized a staggering 6,918 sexually explicit videos. Crime prevention scholars warn that similar sexually explicit video crimes are likely to be unreported, and that criminals are exploiting the fear of reporting crimes. They urge victims to come forward and testify. According to investigations by prosecutors and police, Hong used online platforms like X, Instagram, Telegram, and dating apps to target “straight men” (heterosexual men), specifically targeting muscular men. He would “send private messages to anyone he liked,” and once they took the bait, he would use pre-recorded nude videos of women, scripted conversations using voice-changing software, and invite them to nude chats, where he would entice them to undress and masturbate, then secretly record and film them.
Wang Po-Chi, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Justice at Ming Chuan University, stated that crimes like online sexual videotaping are becoming increasingly prevalent in Taiwan. Perpetrators hide behind screens, using aliases and fake identities to trick victims into undressing and then secretly record and film them. Unlike traditional crimes, these crimes are more difficult to track down. Furthermore, victims of leaked sexual videos, often reluctant to report them due to concerns about their reputation, further emboldens the perpetrators. Wang Po-Chi also analyzed the overconfidence mentality of criminal thinking, a concept proposed by scholars in the 1990s. When criminals succeed repeatedly and rarely encounter victims, they become more daring and skilled in their crimes, even becoming compelled to commit them, believing they will not be caught and thus underestimating the risks of committing crimes.
Wang also noted that before the shocking Nanjing Red Sister case came to light, it was hard to imagine that despite its seemingly crude tactics, a large number of male victims fell for it. In this case, the victims were murdered through online nude chats and surreptitious filming, and it wasn’t until the police and prosecutors investigated that the over 300 male victims were discovered.
He also expressed concern that the number of victims of sexually explicit video crimes may remain high, especially given the traditional Chinese mindset, where victims of sexually explicit acts are deeply shameful and condemned. Some criminals are confident that victims will not report the crime. In recent years, such voyeuristic forums and dark web platforms have become even more rampant in China. Wang also mentioned that in the past, most victims of Creative Private House and Nth Room were women. Due to social frameworks and public opinion, they often bear more social pressure than men, and may even be criticized after being killed. Although men face less pressure from sexual image crimes due to their physiological characteristics and different concepts, regardless of gender, they should be brave enough to come forward to testify, report and safeguard their own rights and interests.