36-year-old Hong Kong actress Gigi Lai's younger brother,
Stephen, has been seriously wounded as the taxi he was traveling
home in was hit by another taxi that was carrying no
passengers.
36-year old Hong Kong
actress Gigi Lai visits her younger brother Stephen on Thursday,
May 31, 2007 who was undergoing an operation in hospital after he
had been seriously wounded as his taxi was hit by another taxi on
his way home.
Stephen was thrown out of the taxi and hit his head on a
roadside stone platform. Witnesses said his business suit was
stained with blood as he was taken to a local hospital.
There is some doubt whether Stephen was wearing a safety
belt.
CCTV reports the two taxi drivers involved, however, were
uninjured. Police carried out alcohol breath testing on both of
them, but these later showed they were not drunk.
Gigi Lai, who was due to be shooting a TV play outside Hong
Kong, returned and went directly to the Hong Kong hospital after
hearing the news of Stephen's accident.
Wearing sun glasses and a mask, she looked depressed and failed
to answer questions from reporters waiting at the hospital.
Born into a family of artists, 31-year-old Stephen is a famous
dermatologist. He is single, but had reportedly engaged in love
affairs with Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung, who announced she
was madly in love with Hong Kong based singer and actor Nicolas
Tse. She is now Nicholas Tse's wife.
The blood stains cover the
scene of the car crash when 36-year old Hong Kong actress Gigi
Lai's younger brother Stephen was seriously wounded in an accident
late on Wednesday, May 30, 2007.
(CRI.cn June 1, 2007)
