Former TVB actress Yammie Lam, 55, found dead in Hong Kong flat
- In her heyday, she was renowned for her beauty and won hearts in the 1995 fantasy A Chinese Odyssey
- Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death
Former TVB actress Yammie Lam Kit-ying was found dead in her flat in Stanley, Hong Kong, in the early hours of Saturday.
A senior police source confirmed the deceased woman was 55-year-old Lam and that the body had no apparent wounds but was decomposing by the time officers discovered it in the toilet of the flat in Leung Ma House at Ma Hang Estate.
Known for her beauty, Lam rose to fame in the late 1980s, after appearing in TV series such as Looking Back in Anger and The Greed of Man, which starred Adam Cheng Siu-chow and Sean Lau Ching-wan.
Her career would expand into films and she won the hearts of audiences with her turn as Spider Woman in the two-part 1995 fantasy A Chinese Odyssey, starring comedian Stephen Chow Sing-chi.
On Saturday, police said an initial investigation found no suspicious cause behind her death.