In the recent years, we have been seeing drinking and driving cases in showbiz one after the other. In May, Remus Choy crashed his car after driving drunk, fortunately he only had light injuries (fined HK$12,000, 160 hours community service and 2 year license suspension). Others include, Janet Chow (fined HK$4,000, license suspension), Amigo Chui (fined HK$6,000, 9 months license suspension) and Cecilia Ip (fined HK$6,000, 4 months license suspension). Aarif Lee appears like a gentleman on the outside and had a healthy filial image all along, but the other night he was performing in a concert at the AsiaWorld-Expo, where there was fine wine offered free of charge. Aarif maintained the best state for his performance since he didn't touch the alcohol at all prior and had his company's car take him back home after the performance. However, it was during the late hours, he got into trouble where he was suspected of driving under the influence. After taking the breath test, the police arrested Aarif and confirmed the alochol breath test exceeded the limit. He is allow to release on bail and wait for investigation. Regarding Aarif arrested for drinking and driving, the executive (Wong Hoi Man) of his company Amusic confirmed: "It is the truth. After he completed the show, Amusic's car dropped him off at his home, but for the details of the story, I will have to first get a better understanding." Mr. Wong expressed Aarif has never had a habit of drinking or smoking, before his performance he was very stabled and certainly did not drink. He said: "After the show, perhaps he happily had a little alcohol with the backstage crew, that won't be strange."
That night, Aarif participated in a concert sponsored by a wine company. He performed with his guitar and sang live on stage, which got very heated response from the audience. Feeling high, Aarif said: "People ask me why I'm not as open when I'm doing the same type of concerts? It is because I'm not in Hong Kong, I'm only this open when I'm in Hong Kong. I want to sing a song for everyone, it is my baby's baby called Still." While performing, he started asking the audience if there is any wine, one person from the audience passed him some water. He quickly took a big gulp to clench his thrist.
Later, Aarif and Korean singer TIM duet I'm Yours. Backstage, Tim expressed in his language: "Koreans are truly tall, in the future I will force my kids to eat more Kimchi." The two playful young men were pretending to be father-son: "Daddy Daddy, it's so spicy!", "Then do you want to grow up tall? You will just have to eat spicy too." This gave everyone a good laugh.
PROFILE
Age: 24
Education: Imperial College London
Career Background: At age 17, Aarif did a self sing and play performance where he was spotted by a record company executive. He later signed with Leon Lai's Amusic and became a singer. He partnered with Janice Vidal for an all English album Morning, where he authored the lyrics of the entire album.
Awards/Recognitions: Depending on his first appearance in the film Echoes of the Rainbow, he won 'The 29th Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Performer (Gold)'. And depending on the theme song to the film, he also wont 'Best Original Song Award'. In 2009, he was awarded 'IFPI Best Selling Local Male Newcomer'.
Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
