Director dedicates award to stuntman on board missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane
AN award-winning director has dedicated an award for his latest film to a stuntman on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Wong Kar Wai, whose 2000 film In The Mood For Love was nominated for a Bafta, was close to tears as he paid tribute passenger Ju Kun.
The Chinese filmmaker said the Malaysian government needs to tell "the truth" about what happened to the plane that disappeared three weeks ago.
Speaking at the 8th Asia Film Awards, Mr Wong said: "One of our martial arts directors unfortunately is one of the victims of MH370.
"So here I hope the Malaysian government can try their best to address this issue by taking a more transparent attitude.
"Let us know the truth."
Let us know the truth
The filmmaker paid tribute to the stuntman while picking up an award for his latest movie The Grandmaster on Thursday
Mr Kun had previously worked as a stunt double for action star Jet Li in Hollywood action movie The Expendables.
The 35-year-old has also doubled for the martial artist in Fearless and The Forbidden Kingdom which also stars Jackie Chan.
He was onboard flight MH370 when it vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.
Mr Kun was heading to the Chinese capital to visit his five-year-old and one-year-old sons and prepare for his next role.
He was due to work on new Netflix series Marco Polo, which is a collaboration with the Weinstein Company.
The missing Malaysia Airlines flight had 239 people on board.
After weeks of searches to no avail authorities on Tuesday said new information revealed the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean.
In an address the Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said there were no survivors from the "heartbreaking" plane crash.
However Malaysia's transport minister vowed to continue the search and that no matter how "remote" the odds they hope there are "possible survivors".
Speaking today, Hishammuddin Hussein said: "No matter how remote the odds, we will pray, hope against hope, and continue to search for possible survivors."