TVB has warned its employees not to discuss Stephen Chan's arrest at work
Thursday March 11, 2010 Hong Kong
TVB general manager Stephen Chan and 3 other senior executives were arrested by the ICAC yesterday. They were arrested on suspicion of corruption. TVB made an announcement to suspend the four of them immediately. Since their arrest, the atmosphere at TVB city are tense and nobody is saying anything. The employees of TVB have been warned not to speculate and discuss this matter at work. Stephen's close ally Patrick Tang is very worried about him, he hopes everything will blow over soon. When Eric Tsang heard about the news, he couldn't believe it by saying "Can't be true."
TVB foreign affair deputy director Tsang Sing Ming held a press conference yesterday afternoon. He confirmed that 4 TVB employees were arrested by ICAC and they are suspended from their duty with immediate effect. Stephen's "Be my guest" has four more programs to broadcast. TVB will continue to show the four programs. After that the program will be on hold until for notice. This saturday, Stephen's interview with "Twins" will be shown.
Vinci Wong who is allegedly not getting on with Stephen said "A friend text me saying my friend (Stephen) is in trouble. I told him Stephen is not my friend. After I left TVB, I have no contact with him, Very often when ICAC arrest someone, they make so much noise about it, they may forget about it afterwards. It is still early days, I don't want to make any comments. Stephen has been in this industry for so long, he should know not to make such mistakes. It is bad luck." Vinci certainly shows he is full of grudges against Stephen.
Patrick said he doesn't know about the whole matter, therefore, he can't say much about it. He has sent a text message to Stephen but hasn't got a reply yet. He considers Stephen as his master and uncle, and he knows this is a very serious matter. He is worried about Stephen. Talking about Stephen has lost power in TVB, reporter asked Patrick if his work would be affected? Patrick said he is working as usual, he is employed by TVB and his work is arranged by them. Nevertheless, Stephen helped him a lot, including getting his contract done. He sees Stephen as his benefactor.
Wayne Lai said he last saw Stephen before the Lunar New Year. He felt Stephen is a very talented person. He is worried about him, but Wayne will not contact Stephen for the time being. He thinks it is better for Stephen to be on his own to think things over. He hopes things will get back to normal soon. Wayne went on to say that he doesn't pay much attention to the notices about corruption prevention.
Source:MingPao
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