Sex Tape Used to Extort Chinese Official Goes Viral

"Last Friday, city official Lei Zhengfu was removed from his post as district party secretary in China after a five-year-old sex tape was leaked by a journalist. But now, Zhu Ruifeng said the girl in the video was offered as a bribe and claims he has tapes of similar nature of other city officials.

The sex tape of Lei Zhengfu and an 18-year-old woman who was not identified went viral last month despite being filmed five years prior in what The Associated Press called an "apparent extortion attempt." The tape was uploaded by Beijing-based former journalist Zhu Ruifeng on Nov. 20, subsequently going viral on the internet. 

hu Ruifeng told The Associated Press that he received the tape from an anonymous source inside the Chongqing Public Security Bureau. He also said the woman was hired by a construction company to sleep with Lei Zhengfu in exchange for construction contracts and to extort business.

He added Lei Zhengfu reported the extortion to Chongqing officials in 2009, prompting the detainment of the woman for a month and the jailing of a construction boss."*

Cenk Uygur breaks down the Chinese official's sex tape extortion scandal and how the internet and Wikileaks help expose corruption in cases like these. 

*Read more from International Business Times:
http://www.ibtimes.com/lei-zhengfu-former-chinese-officials-sex-tape-leaks-jo...