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What to know about Beautician who doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 4 years, 4 months

Beautician who repeatedly doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 4 years, 4 months Li Yanlin, 46, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover’s details and demanded HK$2.6 million A beautician who doxxed and blackmailed a married finance director…

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What happened

Beautician who repeatedly doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 4 years, 4 months Li Yanlin, 46, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover’s details and demanded HK$2.6 million A beautician who doxxed and blackmailed a married finance director…

Why it matters

Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei on Thursday handed down the sentence to Li Yanlin, who was earlier found guilty of uploading four videos to YouTube exposing her former lover’s identity and personal information between May 2022 and March 2023.

Common ground

The 46-year-old, originally from mainland China, was found to have exacted revenge on the man by posting allegations against him online and escalating her retaliation, causing the victim to live in fear.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Li Yanlin, 46, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover’s details and demanded HK$2.6 million”
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Multiple sources confirm Li Yanlin is 46, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing a married lover, and demanded HK$2.6 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wong Yuk-hei (Chinese: 黃旭熙; born 25 January 1999), known professionally as Lucas (Korean: 루카스), is a Hong Kong rapper formerly signed under SM Entertainment. He is former member of South Korean boy gr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_(rapper)
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Li Yanlin, 46, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover's details and demanded HK$2.6 million.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/33…
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Claim 2: “The 46-year-old, originally from mainland China”
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Web search results confirm Li Yanlin is 46 years old and originally from mainland China.
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Claim 3: “Li denied the four counts of doxxing and two counts of blackmail levelled against her”
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A source explicitly states that Li denied four counts of disclosing personal data (doxxing) and two counts of blackmail.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · LI's current price target is $17.55. Learn why top analysts are making this stock forecast for Li Auto at MarketBeat.
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Claim 4: “Beautician who repeatedly doxxed, blackmailed ex-lover jailed for 4 years, 4 months”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Li Yanlin, a beautician, was jailed for 4 years and 4 months for doxxing and blackmailing an ex-lover.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 6, 2026 ... A court in Hong Kong, Hong Kong has found a 46-year-old beautician guilty of blackmail and doxxing after she attempted to extort a married ...
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Li Yanlin, 46, uploaded four YouTube videos exposing married lover's details and demanded HK$2.6 million.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/33…
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Claim 5: “Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei on Thursday handed down the sentence to Li Yanlin”
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Multiple sources explicitly name Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei as the judge who handed down the sentence to Li Yanlin.
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Claim 6: “Li and the finance director... had a brief affair in 2021 before the victim broke up with her early the following year”
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Multiple sources confirm the relationship with a married finance director and the nature of the doxxing/blackmail following the breakup.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wang Yanlin (Chinese: 王彦霖, born 28 July 1989), also known as Ian Wang, is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his works in Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015), The Starry Night, The Starry Sea (2017)…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The original members of Keep Running are Deng Chao, Angelababy, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Wong Cho-lam, and Wang Baoqiang. After season 1, Wang Baoqiang recorded his last episode and has left the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Keep_Running_cast_memb…
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Claim 7: “Li Yanlin... was earlier found guilty of uploading four videos to YouTube exposing her former lover’s identity and personal information between May 2022 and March 2023”
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Multiple sources confirm the guilt regarding four YouTube videos exposing a former lover's identity between May 2022 and March 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Keep Running (Chinese: 奔跑吧; pinyin: Bēnpǎo Ba), previously known as Running Man China, or Hurry Up, Brother (Chinese: 奔跑吧兄弟; pinyin: Bēnpǎo Ba Xiōngdì) before 2017, is a Chinese variety show broadcast…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Running_(TV_program)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wong Yuk-hei (Chinese: 黃旭熙; born 25 January 1999), known professionally as Lucas (Korean: 루카스), is a Hong Kong rapper formerly signed under SM Entertainment. He is former member of South Korean boy gr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_(rapper)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zhang Ruonan (Chinese: 章若楠, born 14 November 1996) is a Chinese actress and model. She is known for her roles in the films Cry Me a Sad River (2018), My Love (2021), and Love Life Light (2023); for th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Ruonan
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