Henry Thia seems in advert selling playing web site, prompts police report

SINGAPORE – A police report has been made after native actor Henry Thia appeared in a YouTube advert that promoted a playing platform.

His company, King Kong Media Manufacturing, stated in an announcement on Saturday that Thia was duped and had not supposed to advertise unlawful playing.

“In the course of 2022, the corporate obtained an invite from an promoting firm in Malaysia to get Henry Thia on board to advertise a livestreaming platform,” it stated.

Earlier than it made any agreements, King Kong Media Manufacturing stated it requested concerning the nature of the livestreaming platform, in an effort to make sure that it didn’t promote any unlawful actions.

A clause was added within the contract to specify this, it added.

The 71-year-old actor, affectionately recognized to followers as Hui Ge, was accompanied by his agent all through the filming course of, which occurred in Malaysia, and all the things appeared positive, the company stated.

The promoting firm even despatched his company a replica of the ultimate advert earlier than it was run.

“Nevertheless, the uploaded video just isn’t our firm’s authorized model. The video had been edited to incorporate components on unlawful playing within the closing 10 seconds.”

The company stated it has employed a Malaysian lawyer and will likely be taking authorized motion towards the promoting firm and the livestreaming platform.

The 56-second advert had began off innocuously, exhibiting Thia utilizing his telephone earlier than stumbling upon the livestreaming app, which he later downloaded.

It was solely within the closing 10 seconds {that a} message selling unlawful playing could be seen on the app’s interface, which Thia had proven to the digicam.

In an interview with Chinese language-language newspaper Shin Min Day by day Information, native actor Mark Lee, who’s the founding father of King Kong Media Manufacturing, stated it was his fault for not doing stringent sufficient checks on the livestreaming platform.

Thia informed Shin Min that he wouldn’t have achieved one thing that broke the regulation.

“I do know concerning the perils of playing, and I typically warn others on Fb to not become involved within the behavior,” he stated.

Investigations are ongoing.

In January, one other native actor, Terence Cao, bought into sizzling water after his involvement within the filming of three movies for an unlawful playing web site. A police report was lodged in that occasion.

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