HONG KONG – The quiet and private funeral of Mui Yim-fong’s mother, 97-year-old Tam Mei-kam, concluded on Thursday at the Fu Shan Crematorium in Tai Wai, bringing a final, somber chapter to a decades-long public saga. However, the solemn proceedings were overshadowed by the dramatic hospitalization of her estranged son, Mui Kai-ming, who was rushed to the hospital just hours after learning his mother had been cremated.
Mui Kai-ming, 67, was reportedly informed of the cremation’s completion and became emotionally overwrought. Witnesses and a local online media outlet captured the scene on Thursday evening in Sai Wan Ho, where emergency medical technicians attended to him. In footage broadcast online, he can be seen being assisted onto a stretcher, visibly distressed and disoriented. Paramedics are heard offering reassurance, coaching him to breathe and focus.
The son, who has had a highly publicized and acrimonious relationship with his late mother and younger sister, was not present at the funeral. Sources indicate he only became aware of the funeral’s timing after the fact. He was taken to a local hospital for observation but was discharged in the early hours of Friday morning.
The footage shows Mui Kai-ming repeatedly muttering phrases under his breath, including remarks about his mother and a perceived spiritual threat, though the exact context of his words remained unclear. He appeared to be in a state of profound mental and physical exhaustion.
The cremation proceeds followed a private wake, with only a few close family friends and staff in attendance, as the family had explicitly requested a low-key affair. The late Tam Mei-kam was the matriarch of the Mui family and the mother of the legendary Cantopop icon Anita Mui, who passed away in 2003.
Tam Mei-kam’s death marks the end of a long-running legal and personal battle over her late daughter’s estimated HK$100 million estate. For over a decade, she and her son, Mui Kai-ming, repeatedly challenged the will, which allocated monthly allowances for the mother while placing the bulk of the assets in trust. Their lengthy court battles, which involved selling the star’s iconic property and auctioning off her stage costumes, captured public attention and drew sympathy for its complexity.
The family’s tragedy has been compounded in recent years by Mui Kai-ming’s estrangement from his own wife and son. He has denied allegations of financial distress, though he has often been photographed in a diminished state in recent months.
The funeral on Thursday was notably free of the celebrity presence that often accompanied the family’s public disputes. The family has requested privacy for the remaining members, and no official statement has been released regarding the events of the evening.
While the physical remains of the matriarch have been laid to rest, the emotional and legal fallout of the Mui family’s enduring saga appears far from over, with the hospitalization of Mui Kai-ming serving as a stark reminder of the heavy personal cost of a decades-old inheritance feud.
