Canto-pop star Gillian Chung Yan-tung filed a writ yesterday against Easy Finder magazine for publishing photographs of her changing her costume backstage during a concert in Malaysia.
Lawmakers also expressed their anger at the photos - which were classified as Class II indecent by the Obscene Articles Tribunal last week - saying they would bring the matter before the Legislative Council.
Chung, of the popular duo Twins, sought an injunction against further publication of the photos and for the magazine to surrender all copies of the photographs.
The writ, issued against the magazine, its chief editor and printer, says the photographs, 'which were illegally, covertly and improperly taken' and published without her prior knowledge or consent, amount to a common law 'breach of confidence'.
It also asks for an accounting of the proceeds made from publication of the photos and unspecified damages. Chung was photographed changing by a hidden camera in a dressing room at the Genting Arena of Stars in Malaysia.
Democratic Party legislator Sin Chung-kai, chairman of the panel on information technology and broadcasting, said the panel would discuss the matter on September 11.
Chan Kam-lam, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, said he would raise a motion in Legco after the summer recess to call for penalties against Easy Finder.
