Yung Ching-ching Revisits Edmond So Eye Attack Claim
SingTao · 1 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago6 MIN
Summary
Barrister and media personality Yung Ching-ching (翁靜晶) said she is trying to help singer Edmond So (蔡楓華) reopen scrutiny of the attack that left his right eye permanently impaired, after he appeared on her YouTube programme Dangerous Figures 2.0. In that interview, So said he was ambushed by more than 30 people in Shenzhen after concert promoter Cheung Yiu-wing (張耀榮) publicly promised on television to stage another concert for him, which he said offended powerful figures. Yung later posted a follow-up video on October 23, saying So had remembered the date of the attack incorrectly after she reviewed his statement papers, and adding that the documented circumstances were more frightening than the oral account suggested. The renewed attention has also revived discussion of how the “Four Mad Kings” label affected So’s public image and, according to him, even his ability to seek help after the assault.
Key Points
- So, once nicknamed the “Prince of Red Lips” in the 1980s, recently appeared on Dangerous Figures 2.0 and used the interview to revisit controversies that had followed him for four decades.
- He said his right eye suffered traumatic glaucoma and permanent visual damage after attackers used a metal knuckle-duster-like weapon, adding that a slightly lower strike could have cost him the eye.
- So recounted sensing danger in Macau, then travelling to Shenzhen to lie low, where men followed him from a bus, confronted him over who would stage his Hong Kong Coliseum concert, and later attacked him outside a sauna venue.
- He said he returned to Hong Kong for treatment at Tuen Mun Hospital, where stitches were required, and complained that investigators treated the matter as common assault despite his objections.
- In her October 23 update, Yung said she had engaged a senior lawyer to help So, corrected his mistaken recollection of the attack date after checking statement papers, and reiterated her intention to seek a review.
Why It Matters
The case has drawn fresh public attention because it combines celebrity history, alleged cross-border violence and questions over how a damaged public reputation may affect whether a complainant is taken seriously. For Hong Kong audiences, Yung’s intervention also turns a decades-old entertainment controversy into a test of whether long-settled narratives can still be challenged when new scrutiny is applied to old records.