On February 20, ice dancer Liu Xinyu posted a number of pieces of content involving illegal acts on the foreign social platform Instagram, which aroused heated discussions among netizens. Among them, Liu Xinyu claimed that he had smoked, participated in gambling, and played match-fixing, and also returned his ID card, passport and other personal information.
In this regard, Liu Xinyu's partner Wang Shiyue issued a statement on Weibo, saying that Liu Xinyu's Instagram account was maliciously stolen and false information was released, and the police have been reported to deal with it. Wang Shiyue also said that she and Liu Xinyu are preparing for the figure skating competition of the 14th National Winter Games, and hopes that everyone will not believe the rumors and support their competition.
The Legal Publicity Department of the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau also responded that it has paid attention to this matter, the athletes are preparing for the competition, and the relevant content is being verified. 1 At the same time, a lawyer said that if Liu Xinyu's personal privacy information was illegally obtained and published by others, then the person involved may constitute the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information, or the crime of illegally obtaining computer information system data, and will face criminal liability.
Liu Xinyu and Wang Shiyue are the ice dance duo of the Chinese figure skating team, who have won the ninth place at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the eighth place at the 2019 World Championships. They are the stars of Chinese ice dance and the favourites to win gold at this year's Winter Games. At present, they have arrived at the venue of the Winter Games, preparing to participate in the ice dance short dance on the 21st and the ice dance free dance on the 22nd.