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Police Reveal What Happened Between Kris Wu and Du Meizhu That Led to a Fraud Case

Kris Wu and Du Meizhu who accused him of predatory sex behavior against teens were in a he-said, she-said situation as Kris has denied her allegations. On July 22, the Beijing Chaoyang police revealed the initial results of their investigation on the claims Du Meizhu made online about being violated and the extortion case that Kris Wu reported to the police. Kris’s Manager...

Zheng Shuang Resurfaces Months After Her Scandal with An Apology, A Statement Addressing Allegations and a Warning to Her Ex

Amidst all the media attention on Kris Wu’s scandal this past week, here’s an unexpected development from disgraced actress Zheng Shuang who recently resurfaced to address the rumours surrounding her and also to personally apologise for the surrogacy issue that basically ended her career. Now is it just me or is the timing a bit too coincidental now that the public’s attention...

Kris Wu Denies All Allegations: “No Luring, No Date Rape, No Underaged, If There Was, I’ll Send Myself to Jail”

  [UPDATED] Following Du Meizhu’s explosive interview against Kris Wu, Du Meizhu took to social media with a lengthy post on the even of July 18 challenging Kris to man up, apologize, announce his withdrawal from the Chinese entertainment industry in 24 hours and leave China or she will release more information. Du Meizhu’s previous accusations of him deceiving underaged...

Kris Wu Loses Brand Endorsements Following Du Meizhu’s Latest Interview

Things have certainly escalated since a woman named Du Meizhu accused Chinese-Canadian singer-actor Kris Wu Yifan of using different methods to lure underaged girls. At the time, his team immediately responded with a lawyer’s letter stating their intention to take legal action against her false statements. It’s been over a week since then and Du Meizhu claps back with more revelations. Claims...

Bubble burst: New Zealand suspends quarantine-free travel with Australia

Passengers arrive from New Zealand after the Trans-Tasman travel bubble opened overnight, following an extended border closure due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Oct 16, 2020.Reuters New Zealand will pause its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia for at least eight weeks starting Friday (July 23) night, Prime Minister Jacinda...

Philippines to bar travel from Malaysia, Thailand to curb Delta’s spread

Passengers, mostly Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) queue at the departure area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on June 1, 2021.Reuters The Philippines will ban travellers coming from Malaysia and Thailand, as well as tighten restrictions in the Manila area, in a bid to prevent the...

China floods: Good Samaritans show flood-hit Zhengzhou residents kindness

A handout photo. People take shelter in a cinema in Zhengzhou.South China Morning Post Business owners and residents in the city of Zhengzhou, which has been hit by severe flooding, have given a helping hand to those affected by the natural disaster. The extreme weather in Zhengzhou and neighbouring areas has left at least 33 people dead...

Malaysia’s Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul on the ‘Bendera Putih’ campaign, job losses and standing for election

Malaysia’s Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.Twitter/tzafrul_aziz Malaysia ’s Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz spoke to the South China Morning Post on a wide range of issues concerning the National Recovery Plan, a four-phase road map for the country to progressively reopen its economy by the end of the year. While Malaysia’s heaving health care system...

Govt announces $1.1b Covid-19 relief package for companies and workers

A $1.1 billion support package that includes enhanced wage subsidies under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS), and rental relief, more support for drivers of taxis and private-hire vehicles and a new relief fund for market and hawker centre stallholders will be rolled out to cushion businesses and workers from the impact of harsher Covid-19 restrictions. JSS support will...