In an interview with China's Information Times on Wednesday, photographer and film-maker Wing Shya said he took the couple's wedding pictures when Leong returned from the United States to Hong Kong with her baby boy recently.

Shya, who has done magazine and poster shoots with the starlet, was quoted as saying: 'Actually, the point was not to take the photos but to see an old friend. I'm happy for her. She got married and gave birth to her son.'

But he backtracked and said: 'Better not speak of her. It's too sensitive. I promised her not to mention it. No, it should be, she had a child but she's not yet married.'

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