Rumor Claims Chen Sung-yung’s Indonesian Caregiver Spent $4 Million in a Year. Yuli Reveals Why She Disappeared for Four Days
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At a glance
- Rumors claimed Yuli, the Indonesian caregiver of late Taiwanese actor Chen Sung-yung, had spent his NT$4 million inheritance and planned to return to Taiwan for work.
- Yuli said a broken phone and her lack of interest in online news delayed her response by four days.
- She showed photos and video of her grocery store in Indonesia and said she has lived there with her family for four years.
A rumor that Chen Sung-yung’s Indonesian caregiver had squandered his NT$4 million inheritance and planned to return to Taiwan for work prompted Yuli to break her silence after four days.
Yuli, whom the late Golden Horse-winning actor treated like a daughter, explained through a friend that her phone had stopped working. She also does not usually follow online news. Friends eventually alerted her to the reports, and she discovered after repairing her phone that she had become the subject of news coverage. “I really don’t know how this kind of story appeared,” she said.
I really don’t know how this kind of story appeared.
To counter the claims, Yuli shared photos and video of her life in Indonesia. The footage showed a well-stocked grocery store that she operates, with her husband relaxing in a chair as traditional Indonesian music played in the background. Yuli also appeared serving customers and giving them change, suggesting that the business is operating steadily.
Yuli said that life with her family has been good since she returned to Indonesia four years ago. She also said she had already worked in Taiwan for 14 years and could not legally re-enter the country to work again, directly rejecting the claim that she planned to resume caregiving there. She thanked Taiwanese media for their concern and called Chen “a benefactor I will never forget for the rest of my life.”
A benefactor I will never forget for the rest of my life.
Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.