KUALA LUMPUR: The alleged 'apology tour' featuring controversial comedian Jocelyn Chia and fellow comrade American comedian Chrissie Mayr, here, is fake.
The matter was confirmed by Trec general manager Kelvin Lam who said there will be no such event to be held on Aug 26 and the current tenant has lodged a police report over the matter.
"This is fake news... (there will be) no such event and (there is) no Live House in Trec.
"Live House was closed down in 2019.
"The current club owner, who is a new tenant, unrelated to Live House, has lodged a police report to declare no such event," he said in a brief text message.
Mayr who was previously criticised for supporting Chia after the latter made a joke about the missing MH370 flight, posted in an Instagram post that an apology tour would be held in Live House, Trec, Kuala Lumpur.
"Thanks to all the attention Jocelyn Chia and I have gotten from Malaysians we're excited to announce we'll be touring together in Malaysia! Tickets available now!" read the post on Tuesday.
Mayr however did not provide any links to a ticketing site.
Chia also mocked Malaysian news reports about the alleged tour on Twitter and had attempted to justify it by saying that she was not the only one making jokes about the missing aircraft.
"Why are they so upset? I thought they wanted an apology and now they can get an in-person apology!" she tweeted on Friday.
In another tweet, quoting another comedian joking about MH370, she said: "You see Malaysia? I'm not the only one making jokes about your plane. It's done by American comedians, AND comedians in Asia including HK (Hong Kong), Singaporean and even Malaysian comedians.
"All these accusations that I went "too far" and was "insensitive" when comedians have been doing 9/11 and MH370 jokes for years now.
"Look at all the submarine jokes being made now and no time has even passed. If I went "too far" then so have hundreds if not thousands of comedians," she said.
Chia was in the spotlight as she joked about Malaysia being a developing country that was far behind and was once "abandoned" by Singapore.
She also made a reference to flight MH370 which vanished on March 8, 2014, which drew flak from Malaysians, local comedians as well as the next-of-kin of the passengers onboard the plane.
Despite the criticism, she had previously thanked Malaysians for putting her in the spotlight.