Yeoh initially disliked ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ role

MALAYSIAN actress Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has disclosed that she initially turned down the role of a mean, fussy and unkind mother in Crazy Rich Asians after reading the script, reported China Press.

She felt the role depicted Asian mothers unfairly.

But when director Jon M. Chu explained to her that he actually experienced such a strict upbringing Yeoh accepted the role.

Yeoh said like acclaimed director Ang Lee, Chu was very hardworking.

During the audition, Chu made sure that he personally screened all the potential Asian actors and actresses from London, Costa Rica, Australia and the United States, she said.

> Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported that a 17-year-old secondary school girl died from her injuries after fall- ing from the fourth floor of a school building in Alor Setar, Kedah.

She died on Wednesday after the incident on Monday. She had just celebrated her birthday on Jan 4.

A chair was found at the corridor of the fourth floor building where the girl had allegedly fallen from.

> The daily also reported that a school’s maintenance worker used a hammer to attack students after his contract was not renewed by the school in Beijing, China.

At least 20 students suffered head injuries, with three of them seriously injured.

Police have since picked up the 49-year-old man to facilitate investigation.

It is learnt that the school and the man’s employer were in talks to get the man to take up another role in the school after it did not renew the contract.