Compiled by AUSTIN CAMOENS, ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN
TWO people, one a 15-year-old boy, have been arrested for allegedly vandalising the grave of Hong Kong rock band vocalist Wong Ka Kui (pic).
The late star’s younger brother, Ka Keung, condemned the act as “shameless, pitiful and despicable,” reported Oriental Daily and China Press.
In a video that went viral later, believed to be filmed by the duo, the teenager was seen singing Hai Kuo Tian Kong (Boundless Ocean, Vast Skies), written by Ka Kui and popularised by the band in 1993.
He then splashed Coca-Cola before kissing and licking the late star’s photo on the tombstone.
He then began dousing himself with the soda, before cracking the late star’s photo with a hammer as he continued singing.
Calling himself “Bald Bob”, he asked the audience to remember him.
“Film me; remember me, the social disrupter. It’s me who is doing this. You look down on me? I will prove it to you all that I will save all one day (sic),” he was heard saying in the video.
He also vandalised the tombstone with a marker pen and smashed the flowers that fans had offered to Ka Kui.
According to Hong Kong media, the teenager has been engaging in outrageous behaviour to increase views on his YouTube channel.
He posted videos of himself committing anti-social acts, such as licking a toilet seat, drinking seawater, and even drinking public toilet water.
Ka Kui’s band members are furious about the incident, with Ka Keung lashing out at the perpetrators on social media.
“This is how low morality has sunk. What can you gain from damaging other people’s graves? I don’t know how many more like him still exist.”
Drummer Yip Sai Weng posted on his Weibo account, saying “What they did at Ka Kui’s grave was despicable! Heaven will not spare them.”
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.
