In Chongqing, 21 government officials and senior managers of state-owned enterprises have been punished in connection with a sex-tape scandal last year in which they were blackmailed after their sex acts were secretly filmed, China Daily reports.

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One much-discussed byproduct of Hunter and Edwards' relationship -- a purported sex tape -- also came up in court Monday.

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Malaysia's Harakah said the tape is a "professionally edited" sex video faking sex between Anwar and others made by a Hollywood-based producer.

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