Shawn Yue, a Hong Kong actor, is once again in controversy over the issue of "Hong Kong independence".
Early this (5th) morning, WeChat user "Ape Ape" published an article entitled "Ape Perspective: Shawn Yue Planted Again! MADNESS executives publicly published reactionary remarks about Hong Kong independence! Suggest shooting! "Shawn Yue’s personal Instagram user @ kiuliang made remarks about" Hong Kong independence ",and called @ kiuliang" an employee of Shawn Yue’s own brand Madness and a personal friend of Shawn Yue ".
According to the article, @kiu_leung forwarded posters on the Ins account to support He Yunshi, a singer of "Hong Kong independence", and also posted inappropriate content supporting "Hong Kong independence". The article also said that according to LinkedIn profile, the brand MADNESS(CMSS) founded by kiu leung in Shawn Yue worked as "Digital Media Director".
At 8 pm, Shawn Yue, a Hong Kong actor, forwarded his studio statement in the official Weibo, responding that "Hong Kong is a part of China and I am Chinese". Shawn Yue also said that he "does not agree with or support all people and things that break the law, and hopes that Hong Kong will restore order as soon as possible". ↓
A statement issued by Shawn Yue Studio stated that Shawn Yue has never supported "Hong Kong independence", nor has it made any remarks or done any actions to support any activities related to "Hong Kong independence". In addition, the statement also said that @ Kiuliang is Shawn Yue’s working partner, and "he didn’t talk about political issues except his work", and the company "didn’t know or support" his personal position.
The full text of the statement is as follows:
Just this morning, the WeChat user "Ape Ape" wrote again with the title "Ape Perspective: Shawn Yue" (here it should be "planted")! Madness executives publicly made independent and reactionary remarks! The content of WeChat published by "Suggest Killing" alleged that Mr. Shawn Yue’s personal Instagram follower "@ kiuliang" made remarks about Hong Kong independence, and said that "@ kiuliang" was an employee of Shawn Yue’s own brand Madness and a personal friend of Mr. Shawn Yue, between the lines misleading the public that Mr. Shawn Yue was a Hong Kong independence person. This is a biased, untrue and slanderous statement.
We hereby solemnly declare that our artist, Mr. Shawn Yue, has never supported Hong Kong independence, nor has he made any remarks or done any acts to support any activities related to Hong Kong independence. It has been more than 20 years since Hong Kong returned to China, and there is no doubt that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China.
Besides, @ Kiuliang is Mr. Shawn Yue’s working partner. Apart from his work, he did not talk about political issues, and he did not know or support @ Kiuliang’s personal position.
The Company requests all major online platforms and users to stop spreading all false statements about Mr. Shawn Yue. Our company solemnly requests the WeChat user "Ape Ape" to delete the content of WeChat immediately, and reserves the right to pursue its legal responsibility.
Hereby declare!
Shawn Yue studio
This is not the first time that Shawn Yue has been accused of "Hong Kong independence".
In February last year, the brand MADNESS founded by Shawn Yue was discovered by netizens and marked Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as "countries". According to netizens’ report, MADNESS official website incorrectly stated in Chinese and English that "we send goods to most countries around the world", including China, Taiwan Province, Hongkong and Macau.
After the incident was exposed, a large number of netizens accused Shawn Yue of "Hong Kong independence". Some netizens called for "resisting separatism!" "Cancel the attention!" Some netizens found out the pictures of yellow ribbons sent by their social networking sites and thought that Shawn Yue was a "Hong Kong independence element".
Late at night on February 8, 2018, Shawn Yue wrote an apology in Weibo: "As the manager of MADNESS, I am hard to blame for the poor brand supervision of the company and feel very sorry for such a big mistake and misunderstanding. We will deeply review this matter, and we will never allow such mistakes to happen again in our future work! I apologize again to all those who care about me! "
At the same time, MADNESS’s social networking site (IG) account also issued an apology statement, saying that "it has been corrected as soon as possible" for the extremely serious wording errors on the official website, and changed the "country" in the webpage to "country/region".
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