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988 FM presenter DJ Chan Fung has lodged a police report upon discovering that an illegal online gambling service had used some portions from his live broadcasts as part of its promotional video.
According to The Star, the illegal online gambling operator used Chan’s voice to promote its service without his knowledge or consent.
The report stated that parts of Chan’s voice from his live 988’s City Heartbeat broadcast radio show were taken out of context and compiled by the online gambling operator to depict that he endorsed the company’s service.
“Chan Fong has clarified that he has never encouraged nor advised his listeners to gamble during his shows or anywhere else and that he advises all of his listeners not to heed any promotional videos that might misleadingly depict him as promoting gambling.
“Since 2010, DJ Chan Fong has always given his best advice for solving his listener’s life difficulties.
“Everyone can rest assured that while his responses might vary, he will always clearly identify any problems and provide a reasonable solution which would never involve promoting negative practices like gambling,” 988 FM said in a statement, as per reported by the English daily.
In the same statement, the radio station also urged the public not to be fooled by more bolder and advanced methods used by scammers to deceive the public – including faking celebrities’ endorsement of their services or products.
At the same time, 988 FM said that it would use all legal channels to investigate and press charges against those responsible for copyright infringement.
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