11 February 2008
Alex Au
Edison Chen (陳冠希), the only male celebrity to be implicated by the sex photos scandal, will return to Hong Kong to face the media this week, his management confirmed today.
Ms Leung, of East Asia Music, said that Edison will arrive back in Hong Kong on Thursday or Friday. She denied that he had left the country to avoid the fallout.
Anthony Wong (黃秋生), Edison's godfather, said that Edison will return to Hong Kong soon to help the police catch the "crazy man" who is leaking the sex photos. He said that Edison did not run away and had, long before the scandal started, planned to return to Canada to visit family for Chinese New Year and then to go to America to visit girlfriend Vincy Yeung (楊永晴).
Some Hong Kong newspapers had reported that Edison had fled the city in shame, when he left Hong Kong after news of the scandal broke two weeks ago. The star released a video message last Monday.
Meanwhile, while attending a Chinese New Year dinner for his father's company this evening, Jaycee Chan (房祖名) said that he had chatted to Edison on MSN. He said that he could sense Edison's unhappiness, even though he could not hear Edison's voice. He said he hopes everybody will treat Edison with an open mind when Edison returns.
Jaycee also said he had sent an SMS to Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐), one of the female celebrities publicly embarrassed by the scandal, to express his support. He said she did not reply, but added that it was probably because she is still in a state of confusion. He said that he has not called her yet, because he is afraid to bother her before she is ready.
Today, Gillian made her first public appearance since the scandal started. Meanwhile, Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper, reported that negotiations for Gillian's pop duo, Twins, to endorse a toothpaste company in mainland China for HK$4 million have fallen through as a result of the scandal.
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