Outrage as China's leading lady defects to Singapore

The Independent, 12 Nov 2008, Clifford Coonan

"State media ran images of the actress with her hand on her heart being sworn in at a ceremony alongside 149 others at the Teck Ghee Community Club in the island state, which has a large Chinese community. Her husband is the Singapore businessman Ooi Hoe Seong, whom she married in 1996.

Angry webizens said Ms Gong was betraying her Chinese roots. "She earned enough money in China, didn't she?" wrote one online commentator on Sina.com. "Then she becomes a foreigner! Why do we make her money for her, just so she can take the money and run." Another complained: "I'm disappointed in her. Why do rich and famous people all want to change their nationality?""

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