Compiled by C. ARUNO, PAVITHRA RAMAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
THE Malaysian model who was filmed being kissed by Hong Kong funnyman Eric Tsang appeared unfazed by the storm that erupted after the video went viral, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Known only as Lebara, she appeared carefree and having a good time at Ocean Park Hong Kong in her Instagram posts.
Last week, she shared footage from her 26th birthday celebration which showed Tsang, 69, planting a kiss on her.
“I got to celebrate my birthday and blow my candles with the Prize Master,” she wrote, referring to Tsang’s nickname from his role on the long-running variety show Super Trio.
Inquisitive Internet users later unearthed one of her old Instagram videos where she could be heard saying she wished to marry a rich man.
“My friends keep telling me to marry someone rich. I’ve always thought it was funny. Please suggest it to the rich people as I am willing!” she said.
Users joked now that she should marry the “Prize Master”.
An unrepentant Tsang, a father of four, said: “I gave her a birthday kiss as a form of courtesy after singing the birthday song. Kissing the face is normal.”
> A 15-year-old girl caused a fracas at a night market in Taiwan after she was sacked from her job at a balloon stall, China Press reported.
The teenager, who was upset with the dismissal, convinced her 16-year-old brother and six of his friends to beat up the stall owner.
Video footage of the brawl, which happened at a night market in Taichung city, showed around a dozen men in a fistfight.
Police resorted to using pepper spray to break up the fight that night.
Eleven people were arrested including four other workers of the stall.
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.
