Eason Chan’s wife slammed for “ill-mannered Chinese” comment
Eason Chan's wife just can't stay out of trouble. Not long after reports of Hilary Tsui's wild partying were published, the couple brought their daughter, Constance, to Vancouver for a holiday, where Hilary made a comment about the Chinese which has led to widespread anger.
While on holiday, Eason and his family were having a meal at a noodle restaurant when other patrons, believed to be Chinese, started using their mobile phones to take photographs of the family.
The upset Hilary then decided to respond by sneaking photographs of those whom she believed had done the same to her and uploaded the pictures on her micro-blog. She captioned the photos, "Ill-mannered Chinese. Our family of three is having a normal meal while on holiday but they kept snapping away - they have no respect!"
Her post angered many Chinese and netizens voiced their frustrations in their comments. Upon realising that her post was offensive, Hilary deleted the content within a minute of posting it - unfortunately, eagle-eyed netizens had already captured screen shots of the post and re-uploaded it, garnering 20,000 comments in less than an hour.
Yesterday morning, Hilary updated her micro-blog again to try to explain the situation. She expressed, "To those who are cursing at me, I'm Chinese too. I hope that we become better mannered and give each other personal space wherever we are. Meeting someone who kept taking photographs on this rare family holiday really made (me) feel uncomfortable - that's why I said it."
Her statement did not seem to appease disgruntled netizens, who left more than 130,000 comments on her post, with many of them expressing their outrage at the photograph of the alleged perpetrator being posted online.
According to reports, the person whose picture was captured was not involved in the incident and the real culprit has stepped forward to apologise to the innocent victim. She has also created an online blog and goes by the moniker DRIFTTOCA, sharing that she did not have a micro-blog previously but created one to demand a public apology from Hilary.
On the furore, Eason's manager expressed, "I believe she did not have any ill intentions. Being photographed when they were on a family holiday probably made her upset, but her words were indeed inappropriate. (I) hope everyone can understand.
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