[2026.05.28] FISH LIEW IS ABSENT FROM CONTROVERSIAL NEW FILM PREMIERE

Fish Liew has a role in BEYOND THE HOSTAGE CRISIS

The fortunate tragedy survivor Yik Siu Ling appears with the film's producer Tony Leung Hung Wah

Yuri Chan has been eating nonstop for her videos so once gained weight
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Mimi Kung and Fish Liew are both absent from the BEYOND THE HOSTAGE CRISIS premiere due to work

Director Tony Leung Hung Wah stresses complete differences between the characters in BEYOND THE HOSTAGE CRISIS and any of the original people or places

Helena Law arrives with a cane and help from her home aide, then sits down for interviews

Survivor of the Manila hostage incident Yik Siu Ling's son Chiu Tsz Yeung is the director of photography for BEYOND THE HOSTAGE CRISIS and she is a consultant on the film
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Based on the 2010 Manila hostage incident, the film BEYOND THE HOSTAGE CRISIS (JAU CHOOK YUN JI SI GEIN) would open next month and held the premiere the night before. Yet Fish Liew Chi Yu, Mimi Kung Chi Yan, Don Li Yat Long and other major actors were absent, only Helena Law Lan, Luvin Ho (Ching Wai), Crystal Chow Yuen Ting, Terence Lam (Hon Yeung), and director Tony Leung Hung Wah, and the hostage incident survivor and consultant Yik Siu Ling.

The film has been criticized online for causing "second harm" to Hong Kong people. Director Leung Hung Wah disagreed, feeling that facing the issue and sharing were more important than avoiding it. He also stressed that the film has been carefully handled, the characters and settings were fictional. Only the background was borrowed for creation. The film has also discussed with Tse Chi Kin, the brother of the late tour guide victim leader Tse Ting Chun, many times. Regrettable he wold be unable to watch the film release.

For the absence of all the main actors at the premiere, Leung Hung Wah denied that it was related to the film controversy. He explained that it was the actor's schedule issue. He admitted that if the actor would ultimately unable to participate in any promotion, he would be "definitely disappointed", but understood the scheduling issue. He revealed that the film has been under preparation for many years and has been completed after turmoil such as epidemic closure, flooded equipment, and trapped in Phuket for four months. The incident survivor Yik Siu Ling as a consultant for the film was accompanied by her son and the film's photographer Chiu Tsz Yeung. She said that her son took the initiative to propose the shoot, after many years she has already put down the trauma of the past.

The 91-year-old Sister Law Lan fell at home earlier and still needed to see a doctor. She attended the premiere with a cane and was refreshed. Although she spoke softly, she answered freely and gave hearts to the media. She played the role of the family of a tourist, and all her scenes were filmed in Hong Kong. She joked that she hoped to have the opportunity to work and travel in the future. She revealed that she did not extend her TVB contract, not because of health but because of TVB's age policy and low pay. "After I looked it over I thought it was really 'thin', so it didn't matter whether I signed or not." Law Lan stated that her health has been 'iffy', but she had no intention of retiring and wanted to continue filming after recovering. Speaking of her friend Bowie Wu Fung's Hong Kong Coliseum concert in early June, Sister Law Lan smiled and said that Wu Fung would focus on work and has not invited her to watch.

Yuri Chan Yui Yui came to support the director Leung Hung Wah. She said that she knew the subject matter was more sensitive and thought the pain would not disappear because of avoidance. She thanked Leung Hung Wah for his help, and admitted that recently her film work has been reduced. Instead she made shop visit videos in Hong Kong and the mainland. She revealed that she gained five to six pounds early in the shoot, she threw up and even got gastroenteritis from eating too much. Now she has learned to control her diet to maintain her figure.