Compiled by IYLIA MARSYA ISKANDAR and ALLISON LAI
DANCER Lee Kai-yin, who sustained serious injuries after being hit by an elevated giant screen while performing at the concert of Hong Kong boy band Mirror, has regained consciousness, China Press reported.
His father, Pastor Lee Shing-lam, said Kai-yin could now communicate using simple words.
In a note to the public, he thanked the medical team, friends and fans around the world for their well-wishes.
“My son is now awake and can communicate briefly. We pray that with God’s grace, he will have the opportunity to recover, meet with others and return to the stage as soon as possible,” he said.
Shing-lam also hopes that the inter-departmental task force set up by the Hong Kong government to probe the incident would come up with constructive recommendations to ensure the safety of performers in the future.
At the concert at Hong Kong Coliseum on July 28, a 500kg TV screen fell 7m onto the stage and crashed onto Kai-yin and another dancer.
Kai-yin, 27, was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering a brain haemorrhage and bone fractures in his neck.
The other injured performer was in stable condition.
> Oriental Daily reported that a man landed himself in hot water after showing off a tiger skin, estimated to worth some RM10,000, at his home.
Wildlife and National Parks Department director-general Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim said its enforcement team raided the man’s house in a joint operation with Bukit Aman’s Internal Security and Public Order Department around 12.45pm on Aug 1 and seized the tiger skin, which was believed to have come from a Malayan Tiger, an endangered species estimated to number fewer than 200 in the country.
● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
