[2022.07.30] STARS PRAYS FOR THE MIRROR CONCERT INJURED DANCER

The accident took place while Anson Lo and Edan Lui performed with dancer Ah Mo.  Both have suffered 

The accident took place behind Anson Lo (red circle), who did not detach anything out of the ordinary and kept singing

Anson Kong turned his social media profile picture black to express his frustration

MIRROR's first concert series was less than smooth

Louis Koo

Even COLLAR's work schedule has been affected
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One of the injured dancer Ah Mo (center) also performed at MIRROR's concert last year

Louis Koo wishes that people would stop posting and sharing videos of the accidents online
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The accident took place during Anson Lo and Edan Lui's performance of ELEVATOR

When the accident happened, Anson Lo did not detect the giant monitor behind him has fallen and kept performing

When Anson Lo turned around the event turned down the lights.  He was about to walk closer to see what happened but the staff pulled him away

Aaron Kwok

Sammi Cheng

Hins Cheung

Louis Koo

So Chi Ching (in white cap) visited her boyfriend at the hospital

COLLAR member So Ching is Ah Mo's girlfriend

Ah Mo is Anson Lo's official music video dancer

Ah Mo 4 years ago competed on KING MAKER and stopped at top 55

The already discharged from the hospital Ah Fung was once a dancer for Aaron Kwok
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At the MIRROR Hong Kong Coliseum concert two nights ago a severe accident took place, a giant monitor fell from above and injured two dancers Ah Mo (Lee Kai Yin) and Ah Fung (Cheung Chi Fung). Ah Mo's condition is serious and remains in the intensive care unit. Aside from MIRROR members and the concert team are worried about the dancers' conditions, many in show business and fans all showed their support for the injured and wish them a speedy recovery. Video of the accident spread nonstop online, upsetting many after watching it. Louis Koo Tin Lok urged those online to stop posting and spreading it. Aaron Kwok Fu Sing called for serious attention to performer safety.

As the Hong Kong Performing Artist Guild president, Koo Tin Lok posted on social media after the accident. "Tonight a serious stage accident took place in Hong Kong show business and has shaken and saddened everyone. I plead for everyone to pray for the injured together, and stop posting or spreading the video that upsets everyone. No one want an accident to happen, even once is too many. The most important right now is focusing on handling and coordinating the matter, then fully pay attention and examine the safety issues for all the performance's on and off screen staff to keep it from happening again. secondly, I wish for everyone to positively pray for the injured, for them to overcome the difficult times soon. May everyone be safe."

Dancer and singer Kwok Fu Sing spoke up for the two injured dancers. "This serious stage accident took place in show business, which is very heartbreaking and shocking. Right now everyone should try their best to use positive thinking and pray for the two injured dancers, wish them a speedy recovery! At the time I wish the industry would solemnly pay attention to the safety of all stage performers! Life is more important than everything! Be safe!" Anson Lo Hon Ting and one of the injured Ah Fung were dancers on Kwok Fu Sing's Nanjing concert in 2018. Reportedly, Ah Fung yesterday was already released from the hospital.

In addition, the Performing Industry Association, which promoted domestic entertainment and performance industry's healthy development, provided support for its members and ensured their benefits, issued a statement that the accident has caught the attention of the Association and the Association would like to send their deepest well wishes to the injured performance team members. Because the Association has yet to be informed of the accident details, commenting on the cause of the accident would be difficult. The Association believed that performance safety would be very important to the industry in general, full safety measures would be taken before any public performance. The accident was an isolated case. In the end, the Association urged the industry to pay attention to personal and equipment safety during the performance.

Before the accident Anson Lo and Edan Lui Chuek On were performing ELEVATOR with many dancers. When the monitor fell it happened behind Anson Lo. Although the live music suddenly halted, he continued to finish that verse. At the same time Edan suddenly s screamed into the microphone "OH!" Anson Lo thus was attacked online, with some calling him "cold blooded" and "pretending to be professional".

However some concert industry insiders explained that at the time Anson Lo was singing to the audience. Singers during the performance were required to wear an earphone to receive any information from the staff. At the time he could not possibly heard the noise from the accident. In addition the lights suddenly went out on the stage, from the video people surrounded the injured. From his angle he could not have seen the giant monitor's fall, thus he probably did not know an accident occurred at the time. "The spotlights on the stage actually would make performers unable to see a lot. Thus when the accident suddenly happened, the performer would have difficulty with finding out right away." Hoping that everyone would not target the performer, some fans said that after witnessing the accident, when Anson Lo left the stage he looked stunned -- proving that Anson Lo was not indifferent.

After the accident, MIRROR's 12 members have been silenced and not made any response. However member Stanley Yau turned his social media profile photo black and was found to have stopped following the related company Makerville perhaps to express his displeasure over the accident. Anson Kong and Edan Lui Cheuk On's social media have all gone black as well. Since MIRROR members rarely kept silence, fans have expressed their concern. MIRROR's colleagues ERROR and COLLAR continued to make their voices heard online. COLLAR's Winka Chan in black and white posted, "Please could everyone stop sharing?" Group mate Marf Yau and GAO shared the Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder assistance hotline, while Day yesterday asked in her story in black and white, "Are accidents that can be predicted considered accidents?" ERROR's Fatboy in black and white posted, "Pray for everything has to be OK"; Dee Ho Kai Wa posted, "GOD BLESS", while Poki posted the praying hands emoji to pray for the injured.

MIRROR's concert accident has caught overseas media's attention as CCTV, People's Daily, Reuters, New York Post, BBC, Variety, even media in Brazil, Sweden, Argentina, Holland and other places have recovered the news and brought attention to stage safety issue around the world. Aside from those from Hong Kong showed their support for Ah Mo online, messages that wished for his recovery were left of Ah Mo's IG from the Mainland and overseas.

The 27 year old Ah Mo is MIRROR member Anson Lo's university classmate and friend. They in 2018 both participated in the first season of ViuTV's talent show KING MAKER, Ah Mo was eliminated in the top 55. Ah Mo's dance skill was outstanding and was able to play the violin. He was the official dancer for many of Anson Lo's songs, including the hit MEGAHIT music video and the guy group ERROR.

Ah Mo's girlfriend is COLLAR member So Chi Ching, So Ching after the accident immediately arrived at the hospital for an update and waited outside the room for news. Many online also flooded So Ching's IG with messages of comfort and well wishes for her boyfriend Ah Mo. COLLAR's official social media two days go announced the cancellation of all events and interviews yesterday, including member Marf's first MakerVille original series production start worship ceremony.

Reportedly before the first show of the MIRROR Hong Kong Coliseum concert series, someone on the dance team was already injured and complained about stage safety issues and went on full blast on social media. The stage then for consecutive days had mishaps. By the second show, MIRROR member Frankie Chan was bruised after a misstep. Then two nights ago the severe accident took place and left two dancers injured. Despite the frequently accidents before the concerts, the concert organizers and the related productions were still unwilling to "halt" the concerts for detailed inspections. Many online angrily blasted them for neglecting performer safety. "Tough and sloppy production that has never paid attention performer safety, how can there be no accident? For several days accidents kept happening. The organizers never paid attention. The shows are cursed, these are mankind factors."

"Why would this production company be so haphazard? Shouldn't these concerts be suspended and they be demanded to inspect all of the equipment before they would permitted to continue the performance? The safety of performers or dancers is very important!"

Some online also flooded ViuTV's social media platforms to air their displeasure, even clearing the board with comments on unrelated posts. Among them many were extremely strongly worded and mixed with foul language, blaming the company for "grabbing as much money as it can, neglecting artist and dancer safety", and "Rubbish! Neglecting Human Lives".