Arrest warrant issued for former star singer Tommy Yuen, who says he has left Hong Kong

A Hong Kong magistrate has issued a warrant for the arrest of singer Tommy Yuen Man-on after he failed to appear in court to answer a shoplifting charge.

Yuen, a former member of the defunct Cantopop boy band E-kids, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday night he had already left Hong Kong and had never thought of appearing in court.