Her dad was an intelligence operative. The plot for her assassination was finalized after she sang on May 27, '89 for 300,000 fans at the "Democratic Songs Dedicated to China" concert at the Happy Valley Race Course in Hong Kong on behalf of Tiananmen Square's democracy movement. She warned: "...never to compromise with autocracy, never to succumb to tyranny." Also, in '89, Teresa, 36, was paired with drifter Quilery Paul Stephane. He played a role in her declining health which would serve as the cover for her fatal "asthma" attack. The story was: At 5 p.m. on 8 May '95 Teresa Teng, 42, died in hospital. She'd been staying in the Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Given the gaping holes in the initial "asthma" story, the latest speculation (from "nothing-to-see-here" apologists) is that Miss Teng died of a heart attack precipitated by an overdose of adrenergic agonists (her prescription-strength asthma medicine).