HK star had been headed to Hanoi to support a charity that gives free surgery to disfigured kids. FMTNews JacKieChan
HK star had been headed to Hanoi to support a charity that gives free surgery to kids with facial disfigurements.
But the plans were scrapped after thousands of angry Facebook users flooded the charity’s official page when his visit was announced last week. “We are very sorry … Operation Smile will not organise any activities with involvement” in Vietnam, they said.The foreign ministry on Thursday repeated its usual proclamation on the sea, citing the country’s “full legal basis and true evidence to affirm Vietnam’s sovereignty”, deputy spokesperson Ngo Toan Thang told AFP.
Earlier this month Hanoi pulled the DreamWorks film “Abominable” from theatres over a scene featuring a map showing the nine-dash line.
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