Beautician who repeatedly doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 52 months

A beautician who doxxed and blackmailed a married finance director after having a brief affair with him has been sentenced to 52 months in prison, with the Hong Kong judge condemning her exposure of the affair online and demand for HK$2.6 million (US$332,000) in payouts as “despicable”. Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei on Monday handed down the sentence to Li Yanlin, who was earlier found guilty of uploading four videos to YouTube to expose her former lover’s identity and personal...

By Fiona Chow