A #MeToo moment in Taiwan entertainment scene

Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO, CHOW HOW BAN and R. ARAVINTHAN

TAIWANESE TV host Mickey Huang has confessed to not only forcefully kissing a teenager 10 years ago, but also convincing her to pose nude.

Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported that in three video clips uploaded to his Facebook page, Huang said he had enticed the girl to appear in nude photos.

The 51-year-old said he regretted his actions.

“I’ve been thinking about how I should be facing this.

“First of all, I would like to apologise for what happened and I’m sorry to the people who had trusted me and who had had expectations of me.”

Huang said he had been working hard to become a better person, especially after getting married in 2020.

“After I had a child, I wanted to become even better. But we can never change things (in the past),” he added.

A woman had earlier posted on social media about being a part of the #MeToo movement, saying that she was kissed forcefully by a showbusiness veteran and that the person had even asked her to appear nude for a so-called art exhibition.

> Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat, who is known to be an avid jogger, has kept up with his exercise routine in Shanghai where he has been promoting his new film One More Chance, China Press reported.

He was spotted many times at the popular waterfront area known as the Bund.

Photos and videos of him jogging went viral, showing him being pursued by fans who were trying to get a better glimpse of their idol.

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.