Compiled by IYLIA MARSYA ISKANDAR, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

       HONG KONG’s God of Songs Jacky Cheung (pic) appeared thin and grey in a photo recently, prompting fans to worry about his health, Sin Chew Daily reported.

       The 60-year-old was spotted in a photo together with Hong Kong actress Yammi Lee recently.

       Dressed in neon green, Internet users noticed that Cheung looked emaciated and had many wrinkles on his face.

       “How did he get so old all of a sudden? He is not sick, is he?” one fan commented.

       Cheung, who will be celebrating his 61st birthday in July, is currently filming for an action film called Hai Guan Zhan Xian (Customs Front).

       The crime-thriller, directed by veteran director Herman Yau, is expected to hit the silver screen next year.

       Besides Cheung, the other stars are Nicholas Tse and Karena Lam.

       Cheung is known as one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” of Hong Kong pop music and is one of the most successful artistes in Hong Kong’s history.

       His last appearance on the big screen was in 2016 where he starred in the drama film Heaven in the Dark and made a special appearance in the comedy From Vegas to Macau III.

       > The daily aslo reported that Malaysian singer Jess Lee Kar Wei had denied reports that she had gotten hitched to her boyfriend who is five years her junior.

       “Dear everyone, I am in a stable relationship, but I have yet to get married!” she said.

       On May 25, Mirror Media wrote an alleged expose claiming that the 34-year-old had secretly registered her marriage with her boyfriend but was reluctant to make it public.

       Lee has been dating her current boyfriend for four years.

       In 2010, she made a name for herself after winning in the seventh iteration of talent show One Million Star in Taiwan, making her the first Malaysian to have won in the show.

       She subsequently signed with Warner Music Taiwan in 2011 and has released four albums.

       Her contract with Warner Music ended in 2019, and she has since started her own indie label and produced her own music.

       The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.