Rising kung fu starlet Rose Chan Ka-woon made a report to the police and a public complaint yesterday alleging she had been molested by two married actors after a news magazine published pictures of her apparently being pawed by the pair.
The incident between the 19-year-old model-actress and actors Benny Chan Ho-man and Joe Ma Tak-chung - both of whom have apologised to the actress for their behaviour - took place during dinner at a restaurant in Hengdian, a city in Zhejiang, on Saturday.
The paparazzi pictures were published in the latest edition of Oriental Sunday. They showed Benny Chan covering the starlet's mouth from behind, touching her private parts and forcibly kissing her. Ma was also seen hugging and kissing her. Tears welling, an 'upset and shocked' Rose Chan said yesterday she had tried unsuccessfully to fight off the two men.
'I would never have thought these two well-known actors - both happy, with their own families - would do that to me. They should have treated me like a little girl, but they turned into different people,' she told reporters. 'I felt very lost and scared at that moment - I couldn't react.'
The actors are shooting a film, Princess and Seven Kung Fu Masters, directed by Wong Jing, in Hengdian. The comedy also features Eric Tsang Chi-wai and Sandra Ng Kwan-yu. It is expected to be in theatres in May.
Benny Chan apologised to the starlet on his official microblog on Monday, saying it was just for fun and he hoped it would not affect her work.