Son of Jackie Chan gets 6 months jail for drugs offence
Jaycee Chan, the son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, was jailed for six months in China on Friday on a drugs charge, the latest celebrity felled by the government’s aggressive anti-narcotics campaign.
The younger Chan, a 32-year-old actor and singer, was formally charged last month with “the crime of sheltering others to take drugs” after testing positive for marijuana, with police saying they found 100 grams of the drug at his home. He faced a maximum prison sentence of three years.
A judge in Beijing’s Eastern District Court, where Chan was being
tried, sentenced Chan to six months in prison and fined him 2,000 yuan
(S$431), according to a microblog post by the court.
Chan is likely to be set free in over a month as the authorities would take into account the time he had spent in detention since last August, according to Si Weijiang, a lawyer.
Prosecutors said on Friday Jaycee Chan had made his home available for two people, surnamed Ke and Li, to smoke marijuana, according to the court.
The court said Chan had “voluntarily pleaded guilty” to the prosecutors’ allegations.
“I have broken the law and should be punished,” Chan said in his final statement to the court, according to the microblog.”When I return to society, I will not repeat this because I have let my family and friends down yet again.” Dozens of reporters gathered outside the courthouse in Beijing for the trial.
Chan is likely to be set free in over a month as the authorities would take into account the time he had spent in detention since last August, according to Si Weijiang, a lawyer.
Prosecutors said on Friday Jaycee Chan had made his home available for two people, surnamed Ke and Li, to smoke marijuana, according to the court.
The court said Chan had “voluntarily pleaded guilty” to the prosecutors’ allegations.
“I have broken the law and should be punished,” Chan said in his final statement to the court, according to the microblog.”When I return to society, I will not repeat this because I have let my family and friends down yet again.” Dozens of reporters gathered outside the courthouse in Beijing for the trial.
Jaycee
Chan, the son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, was jailed for six
months in China on Friday on a drugs charge, the latest celebrity felled
by the government’s aggressive anti-narcotics campaign.
The younger Chan, a 32-year-old actor and singer, was formally charged last month with “the crime of sheltering others to take drugs” after testing positive for marijuana, with police saying they found 100 grams of the drug at his home. He faced a maximum prison sentence of three years.
The younger Chan, a 32-year-old actor and singer, was formally charged last month with “the crime of sheltering others to take drugs” after testing positive for marijuana, with police saying they found 100 grams of the drug at his home. He faced a maximum prison sentence of three years.
A judge in Beijing’s Eastern District Court, where Chan was being
tried, sentenced Chan to six months in prison and fined him 2,000 yuan
(S$431), according to a microblog post by the court.
Chan is likely to be set free in over a month as the authorities would take into account the time he had spent in detention since last August, according to Si Weijiang, a lawyer.
Prosecutors said on Friday Jaycee Chan had made his home available for two people, surnamed Ke and Li, to smoke marijuana, according to the court.
The court said Chan had “voluntarily pleaded guilty” to the prosecutors’ allegations.
“I have broken the law and should be punished,” Chan said in his final statement to the court, according to the microblog.”When I return to society, I will not repeat this because I have let my family and friends down yet again.” Dozens of reporters gathered outside the courthouse in Beijing for the trial.
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Prosecutors said on Friday Jaycee Chan had made his home available for two people, surnamed Ke and Li, to smoke marijuana, according to the court.
The court said Chan had “voluntarily pleaded guilty” to the prosecutors’ allegations.
“I have broken the law and should be punished,” Chan said in his final statement to the court, according to the microblog.”When I return to society, I will not repeat this because I have let my family and friends down yet again.” Dozens of reporters gathered outside the courthouse in Beijing for the trial.
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