A woman in Malaysia has turned to social media for help after discovering her husband had been selling her naked photos on the internet for profit. The ethnic Chinese woman, who shared her story on the platform XUAN Play, revealed that she had been married for four years and has a one-year-old child, according to Malaysia-based Chinese language media outlet China Press.
She explained that her husband quit his job three months ago, citing exhaustion. The couple had agreed on his decision due to their savings and her stable job. However, she noticed he had received some money about a month ago, which she initially believed came from odd jobs. It wasn’t until she browsed his mobile phone that she discovered he was chatting with strangers and selling photos and videos of her without clothes.
The images were taken privately at her husband’s request and were never meant to be shared. When confronted, her husband denied selling them for profit and deleted the evidence she had seen. He then became more secretive, keeping his phone with him at all times.
Determined to gather more evidence, she refrained from quarreling or breaking up with him. One day, while he was taking a bath, she checked his phone again and found some clues. However, he caught her before she could document them. When she refused to pose for more naked photos, he accused her of not considering his needs. Upon further confrontation, he admitted to selling the photos for money but refused to delete them.
Her experience has sparked a heated debate on mainland social media. Many urged her to recognize her husband’s problematic mindset and to report the matter to the police to protect herself and her child. Others advised her to divorce him immediately.
Stories of unauthorized sale of private photos frequently trend in China. In 2020, a photographer in Zhejiang province was detained for selling images of customers’ “human body art” photos to overseas websites without their consent. Chinese law states that such actions infringe on victims’ image and privacy rights, with penalties ranging from fines to prison sentences of up to two years.
This incident highlights the critical issues of privacy, trust, and consent in personal relationships, drawing attention to the need for stringent measures to protect individuals from such violations.
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