Hong Kong actor Hawick Lau with his ex-wife, Chinese actress Yang Mi, in a photo on social media in 2014. Photo: Hawick Lau/Weibo
Hong Kong actor Lau Dan has reacted to claims that his former daughter-in-law, Chinese actress Yang Mi, wants custody of his granddaughter.
There were media reports earlier in August that Yang, the ex-wife of his son, actor Hawick Lau, is prepared to spend HK$540mil (RM319.9mil) to fight for the custody of her daughter and take her back to Beijing.
The nine-year-old girl lives in Hong Kong, where she attends school and is being cared for by her paternal grandparents.
Lau Dan, 79, was asked about this at an event on Aug 23 to promote Hong Kong broadcaster TVB’s long-running drama Come Home Love: Lo And Behold (2017 to present), in which he plays the character Hung Shu Kan.
“I don’t want to talk about my family matters as there is too much speculation out there when there are no such things,” he said.
Asked if his son had said not to address the issue, Lau replied that no one likes to talk about it, adding that “heaven is watching and has its own arrangements”.
The topic “Lau Dan reacts to claim Yang Mi is spending HK$540mil to fight for daughter’s custody” trended on Chinese social media platform Weibo at one point on Aug 23.
Hawick Lau, 48, and Yang, 36, met on the set of the Chinese historical drama Ru Yi (2012). They tied the knot in January 2014 and their daughter was born in June that year.
They announced their divorce in December 2018.
Hawick said in November 2022 that he was dating Chinese actress Cherry Li Xiaofeng, 41. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
