Hairstylist photoshopped himself on celebrity photos
Lianhe Wanbao
Jonal Chong photoshopped himself onto this photo with Katherine Heigl, which was later exposed as fake. (Pic / Provided by Jonal Chong)
A photoshop fraudster has gone missing.
48-year-old self-professed "celebrity hairstylist" Jonal Chong was exposed for photoshopping his face onto celebrity photos in January.
He claimed that he had styled the hair of actress Nicole Kidman but the photo was later exposed as a fake.
His salon – Jonal Chong Hair Couture – shut down mysteriously four days ago and he has moved out of his condominium along Orchard Road. He is uncontactable at the moment.
Chen Yu Jin, 38, an administrator, said that she had seen an advertisement for Jonal Chong Hair Couture promoting a hair colour job at $68.
"A salon employee told me that if I signed a $500 package, my haircut would only cost $28, down from the usual $48. And my hair colour job would cost $68, down from $98." She spent $96 on a cut and colour job that day.
Last Saturday, she wanted to make a hair appointment but nobody answered the phone. So she went down to the salon but discovered that it had shut down with a notice pasted on its front door, saying that it had been closed since Friday.
Chong has been accused of not paying his staff their wages.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 19 July 2011.
Lianhe Wanbao
Jonal Chong photoshopped himself onto this photo with Katherine Heigl, which was later exposed as fake. (Pic / Provided by Jonal Chong)
A photoshop fraudster has gone missing.
48-year-old self-professed "celebrity hairstylist" Jonal Chong was exposed for photoshopping his face onto celebrity photos in January.
He claimed that he had styled the hair of actress Nicole Kidman but the photo was later exposed as a fake.
His salon – Jonal Chong Hair Couture – shut down mysteriously four days ago and he has moved out of his condominium along Orchard Road. He is uncontactable at the moment.
Chen Yu Jin, 38, an administrator, said that she had seen an advertisement for Jonal Chong Hair Couture promoting a hair colour job at $68.
"A salon employee told me that if I signed a $500 package, my haircut would only cost $28, down from the usual $48. And my hair colour job would cost $68, down from $98." She spent $96 on a cut and colour job that day.
Last Saturday, she wanted to make a hair appointment but nobody answered the phone. So she went down to the salon but discovered that it had shut down with a notice pasted on its front door, saying that it had been closed since Friday.
Chong has been accused of not paying his staff their wages.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 19 July 2011.
