Well, more twist has been added to the “Stefanie Sun threatened in Egypt” saga…
While hundreds of reporters were waiting at Taiwan airport; Stefanie (孫燕姿) decided to fly back to Singapore, MV director flew to Japan, and the rest of the filming crew were forbidden to speak a word to the press… that left the press clueless about the incident, and speculations were sparked like wildfire.
I understand that Stefanie would probably want to accompany her mother back to Singapore (her statement was that she’s not feeling well), but the “no-comments” responses from the other crew and Stefanie’s company are rather weird… what are they trying to hide?
After such a huge headline, we can’t blame the press for wanting further details.
Some press are speculating that the Egypt incident was not as big an issue as expected, and that Stefanie’s company, EMI-Capitol was making the news up to create buzz for Stefanie’s latest album. The speculation is supported by the fact that Stefanie’s first song of the album was released to public just a day after the Egypt’s incident was exposed.
The only statement issued by EMI-Capitol was that no guns were pointed at Stefanie, but the filming team was extorted ~USD7000 (some crew members said that only ~USD3000) before they left Egypt.
Singapore Embassy at Egypt was also contacted, but no comments were given as well.
Too many uncertainties, too many speculations… I guess we are going to see this news on Asian papers for quite a while.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:15 pm
That had to have been pretty scary for those crew members as well as Stephanie. Getting robbed by people with guns is not fun. I know. :(
March 1st, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Getting robbed in any manner is not fun!
March 1st, 2007 at 3:24 pm
The speculation by the press that EMI-Capital made the story up seems um.. I don’t know, a little far-fetched to me personally, but who knows, it could be. Her career is not dragging lately is it? There would seem to be no reason to make up such a thing. But if it is made up, that seems a little out of line for them to do so imo.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:28 pm
With potential terrorists and gangsters running around in some regions, it could be possible that some would take advantage of any foreign crews setup in the area that may not be expecting something like that to happen or that may not have taken precautions to protect against such an event.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I think the speculation of EMI-Capitol making the news was a bit harsh as well; Stefanie’s popularity was not as great as it used to be, but she’s still an Asian superstar and need no publicity of this kind. It’s likely just ramblings from some reporters because of fruitless wait in the airport.
Every places will have gangsters or terrorists of some kind… but Egypt is probably not as scary as it sounds in the incident. I have numerous friends that visited Egypt, some of them even studied they, but never heard of such terror in Egypt until this.
March 1st, 2007 at 6:31 pm
how do they kno she`s lke a celebrity?
hrmm.
dumb question.
lols.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:05 pm
-mimie… try travel with 20 people following you around, holding video-recorders and filming equipment :p I bet everyone will think that you are a celebrity as well lol.