(Yicai Global) Sept. 3 -- A man in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou secretly snapped revealing photos of more than 10 female classmates in high school and posted them on Twitter several years after graduating. Recently convicted of provoking quarrels, he is now serving a year and eight months in prison.

The defendant used his illegally registered Twitter account to post the sneak shots alongside taunting and obscene texts on more than 20 occasions and spread them on social networks, the Paper reported today, citing prosecutors.

He drew more than 1,000 followers, with hundreds of likes and retweets from March to April, the report said.

Local police detained the 24-year-old man, whose family name is Gao, on April 7, seizing a mobile phone, computer, USB drive and an external drive as his crime toolbox, the report said.

Gao was employed at the maintenance department of China Southern Airlines, but it terminated him in accordance with applicable rules when his conduct came to light, the company said via its public WeChat account on April 8.

Editor: Ben Armour