Airlee Clinic Spycam Scandal: President Chang Ru-shan Detained

The spycam scandal at Airlee Clinic (愛爾麗醫美集團), one of Taiwan's largest medical aesthetics chains, escalated Wednesday as a New Taipei court ordered the detention of president Chang Ru-shan (常如山), assistant Chang Yuan-ling (張元齡), and engineer Hsieh Jin-heng (謝金亨) on charges under the Personal Data Protection Act and Criminal Code.

The investigation began May 1 when a customer at Airlee's Banqiao (板橋) branch discovered a pinhole camera disguised as a smoke detector. Within hours, engineer Hsieh allegedly began removing surveillance hard drives from 10 branches across northern Taiwan in a coordinated evidence-destruction operation.

A former employee in Tainan fears she was recorded. Attorney Ou Hui-chen (歐蕙甄) is organizing a victims' support group with estimates suggesting over 1,000 people may have been filmed. Airlee has pledged full refunds for unused course packages.