Ex-TV journalist Ryan Lau apologises following arrest over restaurant brawl
- Ryan Lau is accused of getting into an altercation with his separated wife’s friend in a Kwun Tong restaurant
- Lau apologises for the incident, saying it ‘stemmed from a misunderstanding’
Former television news reporter and anchor Ryan Lau Chun-kong issued a public apology on Friday after being arrested last week for allegedly hitting a friend of his soon-to-be ex-wife in a restaurant.
According to police, the couple, who were married for more than nine years, recently filed for divorce and are currently separated.
Shortly before 7.30pm last Wednesday, Lau’s wife, surnamed Lui, was having dinner with a 25-year-old male friend in a restaurant on Wai Yip Street in Kwun Tong when Lau, 39, reportedly arrived at the scene and got into a dispute with the other man.
“The duo got into a fight and assaulted each other. They were both injured to their faces and hands,” said a police insider with knowledge of the investigation.
“Officers of the emergency units arrived and arrested the pair. They were both released on bail.”
The insider said Lui, 38, was not involved in the fighting, and would serve as a witness.
