Compiled by C. ARUNO, PAVITHRA RAMAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
HONG KONG actor Nick Cheung (pic), who is scheduled to film scenes in Malaysia in October, was forced to take a break after suffering an injury from performing his own stunts, reported Sin Chew Daily.
The 57-year-old, who was recently filming for the movie Breaking Point in Hong Kong’s central district, slipped and fell off the roof of a pedestrian bridge, injuring his leg.
The veteran actor, who plays a cop in the movie, was photographed bearing a pained expression as he cradled his leg while other actors tried to help him up.
As 70% of all the action scenes involved Cheung, filming had to be postponed until he recovers.
The actor had earlier admitted that filming for the movie was exhausting.
“The most difficult bit was filming under the scorching sun for two days at the Fanling cemetery. It was exhausting and some of the crew even got heat stroke,” he said.
It was also reported that the final scenes of the movie will be filmed in Malaysia.
Cheung and his co-star William Chan are expected to spend one month in Malaysia wrapping up the movie in October.
> A security guard and a businessman in China’s Heilongjiang province were sentenced to jail for poisoning nearly a dozen pets in their neighbourhood, reported China Press.
The matter was brought to light after one of the locals noticed that their dog began vomiting after a walk and died shortly after.
Police investigation revealed that a security guard with the surname Wang and a businessman whose surname was Sha had placed chicken liver soaked in rat poison on the grass around the area.
It was determined that their actions led to the death of some 11 pets.
The two suspects confessed to their crimes and Wang was sentenced to three years and seven months in jail while Sha received a sentence of three years and six months for endangering the public with dangerous substances.
The above articles are 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item.
