Well I’m not sure if its a sign of the times or a parent’s undying love for your kids. it seems that in the current economic climate, parents have to plead guilty and asks for mercy for their kids wrongdoings if any.
Joey, the father of singer Jill Vidal (Wei Si) has begged the public to show his daughter mercy over the alleged drug possession charge in Tokyo, Japan.
I am a firm believer in you reap what you sow, after all you can only do so much PR and spin to negative publicity.
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By Nickkita Lau (The Standard)
Friday, March 06, 2009
The father of singer Wei Si broke down yesterday as he begged the public to show his daughter mercy over her drug arrest in Tokyo.
Joey Vidal – whose daughter is also known as Jill Vidal – apologized through his tears for not giving her a healthy and balanced family upbringing.
However, Wei Si’s entertainment career will inevitably be stalled, if not ended, because her record company has suspended her from working and say it will terminate her contract if she is convicted of any drug-related offenses.
Her Filipino father Joey and her twin sister, singer “Wei Lan,” also known as Janice Vidal, and recording company Amusic held a joint press conference yesterday.
“I’m sorry that I didn’t provide a healthy family background for Jill. Everyone please give my daughter a chance,” Joey Vidal said.
He said both he and Wei Lan were upset by the incident.
The twins’ parents divorced when they were babies and when their Chinese-Korean mother took Wei Lan to Korea, Wei Si and her father went to live in Canada.
The twins did not know of each other’s existence until they reached their teens and were reunited in Hong Kong where they went on to live with their father.
Amusic chief executive Wong Hoi-man said Wen Si’s manager, Joe Chan Sinn-Gi, flew to Tokyo yesterday morning along with a lawyer and interpreter to visit her.
Chan said more details will be announced after they have received information from Japanese police.
Amusic general manager Nathan Cheung Ka-fung said before the outcome of the police investigation Wen Si’s family, manager and Amusic have agreed to suspend her entertainment-related jobs for a “considerable period of time” because of the negative impact her arrest will have on youngsters.
“When she is done searching for herself she will come back to show business,” Cheung said.
“By that time we hope people will give her a chance, but we know it will be a blessing which may not come by.”
Cheung said they do not want the public, especially the young, to think celebrities can get away with their mistakes.
“If Wen Si is convicted of possession of drugs or abuse of drugs, we will take decisive action and terminate her contact immediately,” he said.
Wei Si, 26, and singer Kelvin Kwan Chor-yiu, 25, have been held for 10 days by the Japanese authorities over alleged possession of marijuana.
They were arrested in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district on February 24.
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