Jackie Chan apologizes over tweets on Manila hostage crisis
Posted By www.BoyAbunda.net on September 2, 2010
MANILA, Philippines – Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan has issued a statement clarifying his remarks about the August 23 hostage drama at the Quirino Grandstand that killed 8 Hong Kong tourists and hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza.
Chan has been severely criticized by some of his compatriots as they expressed their displeasure over his initial tweets about the tragic 11-hour standoff in the Philippines.
In his latest statement, Chan expressed his “deepest and most sincere apology” if his earlier tweets have caused misunderstanding or discontent.
He admitted that his “incomplete thoughts and feelings posted on Twitter” might have been misunderstood. He explained that the tweets were posted by his American assistant on his behalf “but after interpretation the posts did not entirely capture what I truly meant to say.”
He said what he wanted to convey was that he doesn’t hate Filipinos in spite of the incident.
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