Lydia Sum Tin-ha's former husband was forced to break his silence after a speaker at the memorial service demanded he explain why he had not been there for her before she died.
An emotional Alan Tang Kwong-wing, an actor and close friend of Sum, said during his tribute from the stage at the Coliseum that many of Sum's friends had vowed their unreserved support for her daughter, Joyce Cheng Yan-yee.
'Does she not have a father? Why does the responsibility have to go to her mother's good friends?' Tang said, pointing his finger at artist Adam Cheng Siu-chow, who was sitting behind his daughter.
Cheng and Sum separated 19 years ago. Cheng had not commented since Sum died and did not attend her funeral in Vancouver last week.
'Why does Cheng Siu-chow only appear now? You come up on the stage and tell us what you have done for Ah Fei and your daughter all these years,' Tang said to loud applause.
Cheng, who was not on the list of guests to pay tribute to Sum, walked up to the stage with his daughter.
'I have not been able to take care of Yan-yee properly because Fei Fei sent her to Canada after our marriage failed,' he said.
