ASIAN action superstar Jackie Chan on Wednesday assured Filipinos Hong Kong would not retaliate following Monday’s tour bus hijacking that resulted in the death of eight of its residents.
“[Hong Kong] is a nation built by a lot of different people,” Chan said in his Twitter account.
“Don’t worry! We do not hate!
“This kind of thing always happens around the world. It happens to [Hong Kong] people. The whole [Hong Kong] is talking about it. It’s really sad.
“If they killed the guy sooner, they will say why not negotiate first? If they negotiate first, they ask why not kill the guy sooner? So sad.”
Chan made his assurance after the Philippines appealed to Hong Kong people to refrain from taking out their anger on Filipinos following the incident.
The Philippine government recognized the “backlash” caused by the deadly siege and was “doing everything” it could to contain it, Edwin Lacierda, a spokesman for President Benigno Aquino III, said Wednesday.
The government might start an investigation this week into the country’s deadliest attack on foreign tourists, he said.
The comments came after photos were posted on a Hong Kong government tribute page on the Facebook Inc. networking Web site that included police officers posing in front of the bus.
The captions on some photos contained derogatory language. Thousands of Filipinos live and work in Hong Kong, many as domestics.
“Our Facebook page is intended to allow members of the community to extend their condolences to the victims and their families,” Andy Ho, a spokesman for Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, said in an e-mail.
Ho said that while Facebook postings could not be screened in advance, the government had “been removing offensive materials as they are identified.”
A former police officer took 25 people hostage on the tourist bus Aug. 23 to protest his dismissal from the force and demand his reinstatement.
Eight members of a Hong Kong tour group died in the rescue attempt.
The 12-hour standoff and its bloody ending were broadcast live on television, with footage relayed around the world. The assault team had “inadequate” skills and failed to control the crowd or media, according to a Philippine police review.
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