Hong Kong actress apologises after brownface portrayal of Filipino domestic worker in TV drama sparks outrage


A Hong Kong actress who darkened her skin to play a Filipino domestic worker in a prime-time television drama has broken her silence after a week to apologise.

Franchesca Wong offered her apology on Wednesday, a week after the seventh episode of broadcaster TVB’s Barrack O’Karma 1968 series aired and sparked online debate and criticism from the Philippine consul general in the city.

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