Actress Lim Ching Miau, who starred as ‘Mrs Jit’ in Seputeh MP Teresa Kok's controversial Chinese New Year video, has been ordered to make a statement to the police tomorrow.

"I was summoned under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code (as a witness), to give a statement to the police at 2pm tomorrow," said Lim, 32, who starred as a feng shui expert in the 'Onederful Malaysia CNY 2014' video.

"I imitated Lydia Shum (a  Hong Kong comedian and artiste, now deceased). I don't know how I ended up becoming Rosmah (Mansor, the wife of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak).

“I thought I look just like Lydia... I have watched her (acting) ever since my childhood," she said.

According to Wikipedia , Lydia Shum was famous for her portly figure, signature dark-rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle.

Kok's controversial video was uploaded to YouTube on Jan 27, and made reference to diamond rings, branded handbags and real estate in New York, which viewers may associate with Rosmah’s penchant for luxury goods and her son, Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz’s 2012 purchase of a RM100 million apartment in New York.

Kok is being investigated under Section 505 (b) of the Penal Code, for making "statements conducing to public mischief", and  Section 233 (1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act, for " improper use of network facilities or network service".

 

Lim was equally affected by the controversy as beside being called as a witness, a few other jobs she was hoping to take up have been cancelled.

“I wish this matter will end soon, for two of my jobs were cancelled and a few others put on hold... this has caused me to lose a few thousand ringgit,” she told Malaysiakini .

Living from pay cheque to pay cheque

“As artistes, we live from pay cheque to pay cheque... now I have to eat s**t," she claimed, exaggeratedly.

“I am a professional actress. When I accept a job, I will be fully committed. We actors and actresses play different characters, sometimes good and other times bad. It will be wrong to impose restrictions on the profession.

Lim rose to fame for a role she took in local Chinese movie ‘Ice Kacang Puppy Love’ four years ago, and is now often invited to take part in commercial advertisements and movies.

“If I disappear, remember to come and get me, as the police had come to me, you guys know?” said Lim in being the first of three main artistes in the video to break their silence on the latest development through Facebook on Feb 7.

“This is a joke, none of us took part in 88 Kopitiam,” she laughed when asked about RTM’ s suspension of the sitcom, because the artistes in Kok's video had allegedly taken part in the sitcom.

“Lim will need to turn up at the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquarters tomorrow as she was served a notice today. But she is a witness, not a person being investigated,” said Aaron Lee, lawyer who represents Lim.

Besides Lim, two other actors in the video will be called by police as well, Lee said.