Pop star Joey Yung Cho-yee apologises for ‘supporting’ Hong Kong protests

Mainland Chinese internet users pounce on singer after she posts an image of herself wearing a face mask on Facebook

‘I never thought that a lyric and a selfie … would attract this storm. I am extremely sorry,’ she says

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Hong Kong pop star Joey Yung Cho-yee was criticised online for this Facebook post. Photo: Handout

Published: 2:42pm, 6 Nov 2019Updated: 11:03pm, 13 Nov 2019

Hong Kong pop star Joey Yung Cho-yee has apologised for a social media post that some people in mainland China said was evidence of her supporting the anti-government protests in the city.

Yung, 39, apologised on Tuesday for a now-deleted Facebook photo of herself wearing a surgical face mask while on a plane, along with a lyric about flying taken from her song Airport, which she posted on Sunday.

She also denied supporting Hong Kong independence, which mainland state media frequently claims is the main aim of the anti-government protests.

Protesters in the city have taken to wearing face masks of all kinds as a symbol of defiance against the anti-mask law passed on October 4.

Yung (back) said she “never thought that a lyric and a selfie I posted on the spot would attract this storm”. Photo: Handout

“I never thought that a lyric and a selfie I posted on the spot would attract this storm. I am extremely sorry for my carelessness regarding this matter,” Yung wrote.