Hong Kong singer-actress Joey Yung has declared that she will not pay
for her father’s debts anymore. The 34-year-old once paid for her
father’s insurance debts in 2000, when she was a newcomer to showbiz,
which amounted to HK$70,000 (approximately S$11,600) when he went
missing and debtors came knocking on their door.
It is understood
that Joey and her brother are brought up single-handedly by her mother
after her parents divorced when she was 15 years old.
After settling his debts in 2000, Joey had given him money to
start a wholesale business in clothes but it failed. Recently, her
father started a nightclub in Mainland China but got into debt again.
Joey, who eventually paid off her father’s debt, decided to wash her
hands off his matters and “have nothing to do with him anymore”.
Her
manager Mani Fok responded through a phone interview, “Joey is very
filial and has fulfilled her responsibilities as a daughter. To protect
her family and mother, she will not be responsible for her father’s
actions nor respond to them anymore.”
Lawyer Daniel Wong also shared that Joey has no obligations to pay for her father unless she signed legal documents.