Showing posts with label Gordon Liu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gordon Liu. Show all posts

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Gordon Liu names Fan Yik Man his new guardian

Gordon Liu (Lau Ka Fai) two years ago became hemiplegic after a stroke. Last year he moved into a nursing home, after treatment his mobility was gradually increased. Originally his female assistant Eva was his  guardian, but recently his son Sin Chun Lung revealed that his father's care take has been switched to a female artist. He even said that his father's whereabouts was unknown and thus he contacted the police for help.

Actually Lau Ka Fai's new guardian is Fan Yik Man. Yesterday she said, "starting in January this year I became Brother Ka Fai's guardian. His situation is great, he is at a safe place. Many people have seen him, anyone he wants to see would be able to see him. They know where he is and he doesn't want to be disturbed. The change is Brother Ka Fai, his sister and his niece's wish. With a lawyer and a psychiatrist as witnesses, a legal document was signed." As for Sin Chun Lung reporting to the police that his father's whereabouts is unknown, she said, "Someone is wasting police effort, they know that they need to arrange with the lawyer to see their father. They have already contacted the lawyer, but they still contacted the police; I am just a guardian, I don't need to answer to them. I can only say that the law is protecting Brother Ka Fai."

Lau Ka Fai's former guardian Eva last night told Cable that she was uncertain about Lau Ka Fai's whereabouts. Someone has kept her from seeing him. She too wanted to return 1 million RMB that Lau Ka Fai left with her for safe keeping.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Veteran actor Lau Ka Fai is Missing, His Son Calls the Police

Martial arts actor Lau Ka Fai is paralyzed on the lower half of his body after suffering from a stroke a couple years ago. His female assistant (Eva) had been his caretaker since then. In between, it was rumored he did not want to see his children -- Sin Chun Long and Sin Wing Shan. Last month, Sin Chun Long was shocked to hear that his father's caregiver went from Eva to a female artist he did not know. Apparently she the female artist took his father somewhere and he is no where to be found! As this is a serious situation, yesterday Sin Chun Long called the police.

Last month when Sin Chun Long tried to visit his father, he was alarmed to find out he had already left the nursing home. He had no way of knowing where his father was. He asked his lawyer to contact that female artist, but unfortunately there has been no response. Yesterday he decided to report the case to the police.

Sin Chun Long said: "The nurse at the nursing home said my father had already got a new caregiver. She told me to find a lawyer and then I found out that the new caregiver was a female artist I do not know." He said his father called home once in December, but couldn't get in touch with him since then: "All along, they wouldn't let my sister and I see my father. When my father called me that time, he still knew to call my sister by name, but because he has a little difficulty expressing his words, my sister could not understand what he was saying. We wanted to talk to him longer, but someone snatched the phone away and said my father didn't want to see us. The whole situation seems really odd."

Yesterday reporters contacted Eva to ask about the change of caregiver? Eva expressed its been two months since she seen Lau Ka Fai and she has already passed the case to her lawyer to handle. She said: "Someone is using tactics to stop me from seeing him! I've taken care of Ka Fai gor for 5 years and he had always trusted me. He left the money he and I earned together with me. We made a promise, when he's in trouble, we will use the several million RMB as necessary. I'm really worried right now, I really want to see him as soon as possible. When he gets better, I will give him the money back." In January, Eva paid for Ka Fai's physical therapy expenses, but did not see him, which worried her even more because he might be in danger. She hopes to see Ka Fai again soon.

A spokesperson at the police station responded last night. There was indeed a Mr. Sin who reported a case, that he has lost contact with his 62 year old father since August 2012. It is treated as a missing person case and the East Kowloon police department will be responsible in the investigation.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Gordon Liu meets the press responds to family disputes & health condition

Famous martial art actor Gordon Liu (Lau Kar Fai) suffered from a stroke on August 17, 2011 and is now half paralyzed. After more than a year of difficult treatment, he has recently started recovering and can move. In between, he had been troubled by family disputes and the nonstop gossips. Earlier last month, it was rumored Gordon was sent to the nursing home, his second wife and kids wanted him to hand over his assets. His son and his second wife denied the rumor, and said someone is preventing them from seeing Gordon. The issue even involved the police.

After communicating with a good friend of Gordon's, he agreed to meet with [Mingpao] reporters and accepted a short interview. He briefly answered questions regarding to his family disputes and his health condition. On September 12th, reporters visited Gordon and he was in a very good mood.

L - Lau Kar Fai (Gordon); R - Reporter

R: Have you contacted your lawyer, hope to have protection from the law?

L: (Nods) Yes!

R: Why don't you want to see your 4 children? (First wife - 2 children; Second wife - 2 children)

L: Not seeing them! (Thought for a moment) Not going through the trouble! (He didn't want to talk about his children)

R: Are you handling your family affairs yourself?

L: (Strong Nod) Yes! I'm dealing it myself.

R: Do you have a friend, who you really hope will visit?

L: (Smiles, then waves hands) No!

R: Will you meet everyone once you recover more?

L: Yes!

R: Has physical therapy been really difficult for you? (He has physical therapy in the mornings and afternoons, including occupation therapy, train to putting clothes and shoes on, writing)

L: Nope! (His answer was especially loud)

R: Are you confident you can recover?

L: Yes!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Gordon Liu's children asks to see their father, Nursing Home Calls Police on them

Famous martial arts actor Gordon Liu was hospitalized last year after suffering from a stroke. It was rumored while Gordon was seriously ill, Mrs. Lau took advantage of him trying to get his assets. Earlier [Oriental Daily] reporters contacted Mrs. Lau and her son (Kris Sin) about the rumor, but instead the two exposed someone is intentionally preventing them from visiting Gordon at the nursing home.

Earlier Kris and his sister (Sin Wing Shan) tried to visit their father at the nursing home, but were denied access. Yesterday at 5pm, the two made another attempt and were greeted by [Oriental Daily] reporters, at the time, were already waiting outside of the nursing home. Kris and Shan said to the staff that they wanted to visit their father, but the staff told the person in charge (Nursing Home Director) to come and stop them from entering. The reason was because the two were accompanied by reporters and the reporters were charging into private property to take pictures. Then the nursing home staff called the police for assistance. When the police got to the scene, Kris and the reporters were asked to leave their contact information and leave the nursing home at once. Kris and his sister will discuss in private on how they could visit their father.

The Nursing Home Director reveals Gordon is emotionally unstable and he has a chance of getting another stroke, therefore there must be careful consideration on who his visitors can be. It was said, it is unfair that his children can't visit him. The Director said: "I can only say the patient has said before he didn't want to see anyone. He didn't even want to see his guarantor."

3 Attempts to Visit Father

Kris and Shan accepted an interview later and revealed its their third request to see their father, "The first time was in August, we saw in the newspaper that Eric Tsang visited Dad. Since Eric can see him, then why can't his children? The second time was when we called the nurse, she said Dad didn't want to see anyone. We just left our contact information with the nurse and we also wrote a card to him in hope Dad could take the initiative to contact us, but no response. The head of the nursing home said they didn't know we were Gordon Liu's children, but in fact, we just weren't in HK. The guarantor and nursing home actually don't know anything." Kris continued complaining that someone is intentionally doing this: "I called Eva (Gordon's manager), every time she hangs up on us. We just hope someone can help us."

Kris stressed before Gordon was transferred to the nursing home, visiting him was not an issue. "My sister and I visited our father before, we chatted and ate together happily. I promised Dad I would visit him again and he said that's no problem." He also said it was a large effort to find out the address of the nursing home, and stressed it was just a coincidence that reporters were around on the day they went to visit their father. When asked what they are planning to do next? Kris said: "We may have to check with the nursing home to see if Dad can speak to us on the phone. Perhaps after his stroke, he isn't thinking clearly or maybe someone is doing something behind our backs." Kris and his sister expressed they won't be seeking assistance from other artists or the police. They will wait for the nursing home's arrangements before making their next decision.

Gordon's manager, Eva, accepted an interview over the phone and declined to comment. She just said: "I reserve the right to take legal action. (Guarantor is preventing Gordon from seeing his children?) The guarantor isn't preventing them, Gordon can decide to see whoever he wants."

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Gordon Liu recovering from stroke, Mrs. Liu rumored money hungry taking all of his assets

Gordon Liu (real name: Sin Kam Hei) was hospitalized last year due to having a stoke. Last month it was rumored because he's seriously ill, his second wife from Thailand had a scheme to take all of Gordon's assets, which includes a several million dollar property. As this damages her reputation, yesterday Mrs. Liu and her son (Kris Sin) speaks out from Thailand for the first time. She said she never had the motive to take Gordon's assets and exposed beginning last month, someone prevented her children from seeing their father. She was furious by this and decided to stand up for them and hope her children can see their father soon!

Gordon is a famous martial arts actor, he has been in showbiz for nearly 30 years. He became an international known star based on Hollywood film Kill Bill. Last August, Gordon accidentally fell and suffered a stroke. He had partial right-sided paralysis and speech impairment as a consequence of the stroke. The strong and robust Gordon was greatly impacted from this accident and stroke. At one point, he was depressed and isolated himself, but fortunately he eventually got out of the haze. This year, Gordon's physical therapy has been going smoothly and made improvements in the recovery. The only trouble he's facing is the recent rumor that Mrs. Liu directed her children (Kris and Sonia Sin) to ask their sick father for money and even wanted to swallow his 800 square feet property, which currently holds a market price of over HK$7.5 million. Regarding to the negative news, the low-key Mrs. Liu had to break out from her silence and accepted an exclusive [Oriental Daily] interview yesterday with her son. They did the interview with [Oriental Daily] all the way from Thailand.

R - Reporter ; Mrs. Liu - Gordon Liu's second wife ; S - Kris Sin, the son.

R: There has been a lot of rumors lately. It was reported you're money hungry and want to take all of Gordon's money while he's sick?

Mrs. Liu: There is no such thing! I came with him to Hong Kong in 1991 and we were married then. We have a son and daughter, but unfortunately after we had our youngest daughter, we realized our personalities didn't really match. He likes to drink and has a playboy personality. All along, I've just relied on my religion and concentrated on raising my children to maintain the marriage. Until 2009, Gordon said he wanted to send our son to Singapore for his studies, and I thought, isn't it time to start a new life? So, under Gordon's arrangements, I signed the divorce contract. At the time, I told him I'm willing to get a divorce, but our oldest son's name must be added to the property, giving him half of the ownership. I just hoped my children have some security and then I went back to live in Thailand.

R: Are you and Gordon officially divorced then?

Mrs. Liu: I'm not sure myself. I already called the HK lawyer, [he/she] said Gordon got a new lawyer, so I couldn't get any answers.

R: After Gordon had the stroke, did you visit him back in HK? Did you ask him for money?

Mrs. Liu: After he had the stroke, I immediately went back to HK to look after him. Because I'm not doing too well financially, I borrowed $20,000 from a relative to use as living expenses. Actually when we signed the divorce papers, I didn't ask for a penny, why would I be hungry for his money! It is just because a few years ago I had ineffective turnover from my business and have borrowed $30,000 from Gordon. At the time, Gordon didn't get the stroke yet. After he suffered from the stroke, I have never asked him for any money nor have I asked him to change the house title to my name.

R: It was said you wanted to bring Gordon back to Thailand for treatment?

Mrs. Liu: Actually I already suggested for Gordon to get treatment in Thailand in March. After all, its more convenient for me to look after him in Thailand. However, from then on, someone did whatever they could to prevent me from sending Gordon over here, but since I separated with Gordon, I didn't persist on. Up until the end of last month, someone was trying to prevent my children from visiting their father. Also, all those negative rumors started circulating then. I just feel its necessary for me to speak up this time! Firstly, I want to clarify the false reports and secondly, I hope my children can visit their father because its a very normal matter for children to see their father.

R: When was it, where you could no longer visit your father Gordon Liu?

S: Last November. I went to HK from Singapore and went to visit my father as usual in the late evening. I hope he gets well soon, but starting March of this year when my mom suggested that we bring my father back to Thailand, there were a lot of strange rumors that started circulating. Late last month, someone transferred my father to the nursing home without notifying me. I tried a lot of different methods to find out where my father was living. I wanted to visit him, but the nurses stopped me at the door. The nurse said my father doesn't want to see anyone. I don't know what is happening, I just want to visit my father! I really want to know my father's current condition!

R: How are you and your mom doing financially now?

S: Last year when my father had the stroke, I decided to take 1 year off from school and go back to take care of my father and younger sister. Although my father gives us $5,000 a month for living expenses, through his manager, we still want to reduce the financial burden. I'm currently working as a waiter. We are doing fine now.

R: Gordon has always loved his children very much?

Mrs. Liu: Yes, very! Whatever our children wanted, if Gordon could afford it, he would buy it for them. Each week, he takes them out. On their birthdays, he would throw a huge birthday party and make them very happy.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Eric Tsang visits an ailing Gordon Liu

Eric Tsang Chi Wai yesterday attended the McDonald's Volunteer team event. Chi Wai revealed that earlier he represented the Performing Artist Guild and visited Gordon Liu (Lau Ka Fai); seven to eight months ago he suffered a stroke, currently he still could not move half his limbs.

Ka Fai earlier contacted the Guild and said that he was recovering. Chi Wai gave an iPad to Ka Fai for him to go online. Once he completely recovered he would return to the silver screen.

As for Lau Ka Fai's financial situation, Chi Wai pointed out that for now he was fine. The Guild will continue to follow up.

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