Female Beauty

There is no limit to the tactics that paparazzi would adopt to take photograph of celebrities for their tabloid, or magazine gossip news or just to sell the photograph. No concern whether the celebrity is injured or not feeling well, as long they get to take their photo, they will do it anyway. Case in point in Hong Kong; after the “Easy Finder magazine” took photos of Gillian Chung in Genting Highland changing clothes, now their competitor, “Eastweek” magazine, has violated Hong Kong’s law regarding photographing a public hospital patient without obtaining patient consent.

An Indonesian maid has been arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly trying to photograph ailing veteran actress Lydia Sum at a hospital for her employer “an editor at a local magazine” police said Sunday. The 24-year-old female maid, who was not identified, was arrested after being found loitering in the intensive care unit at Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital last Sunday, police spokeswoman Annisa Chan said. Police found photography equipment attached to the maid’s shoulder. It wasn’t clear if she had already taken pictures.

Lydia Sum is a Hong Kong comedienne and veteran actress, who’s famous in Singapore with comedy series “Living with Lydia”, and reportedly suffering from liver cancer.
Annisa Chan said the domestic helper will be charged with allegedly photographing a public hospital patient without obtaining his or her consent, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of three months’ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$257) on conviction. She said police are still investigating, and that the maid is due to appear in court Friday.

Hong Kongers are obsessed with celebrities in this small but vibrant hub for Chinese-language entertainment. The demand for news about celebrities and their inability to hide in densely populated Hong Kong has made for an often tense relationship between the stars and the entertainment press.

News and entertainment magazine Eastweek said in a statement that the maid, who works for one of its editors, entered Sum’s hospital room. The magazine apologized for and condemned the incident, saying in the statement the newspaper’s management wasn’t aware of the maid’s tactics.
“The magazine doesn’t approve of anyone entering Fat Sister’s hospital room for reporting purposes, even if it’s to verify whether she is critically ill,” the statement said, using Sum’s nickname.

The maid’s arrest marks the second high-profile paparazzi-related controversy in recent months. Ming Pao Daily News Sunday quoted Eastweek as saying “the editor linked to the incident,” identified by Ming Pao as deputy editor in chief Wong Ching-ning, “has been suspended pending the result of the police investigation”.
Eastweek, under different ownership, was shut down amid the backlash after publishing on its cover a photo of a visibly distressed, seminude female star, widely reported to be Carina Lau, in October 2002. Calls to Eastweek Sunday went unanswered.

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