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| Hong Kong Movie Actor Jaycee Chan ( left) and Taiwanese Movie Star Kai Ko. |
The 32-year-old son of action superstar actor Jackie Chan has been arrested in Beijing on drugs charges, as authorities clamp down on celebrity offenders.
Beijing
Police say they detained Jaycee Chan, who is originally from Hong Kong and also
an actor, as well as movie star Kai Ko whose real name is Ko
Chen-tung, a
23-year-old Taiwanese actor, during a raid on Thursday in Dongcheng district,
the city's commercial and cultural center, state media, citing Beijing police,
said Tuesday.
The
Police said, Both men tested positive for marijuana and admitted using the
drug.
The
State Police later found more than 100 grams of the drug after searching Chan's
apartment. He was also accused of "hosting others to take drugs," the
state-run China Daily said. He could face three years in jail under Chinese
law.
While
it was broadcast on state Tv his face
appeared blurred, while showing the
police where the drugs were hidden at his home, while Ko was shown
making a tearful apology.
Jaycee Chan's management, M'Stones International,
apologized to the public on his behalf in a statement on their website, "I very much regret about what happened.
I'm very sorry to those who support me, like me or even know me
personally," he said. "I just want to tell them I'm really sorry. I've
set the worst example, which had the most terrible influence. And this is a
huge mistake."
China named the elder Chan ( Jackie Chan) an anti-drug ambassador in 2009. Ko, the Taiwanese star, was part of an anti-drug campaign two years ago, CCTV reported, showing footage of the campaign in which he joins other celebrities in a chorus declaring: "I don't use drugs."
Ko Chen-tung, became a sensation after his
2011 film "You Are the Apple of My Eye," a box-office hit in Taiwan.
He won Best New Performer award for his role in the coming-of-age movie at the
Golden Horse awards in Taiwan, considered the most prestigious in
Chinese-language cinema.
He played the boyfriend of one of the
protagonists in China-produced "Tiny Times 3.0," which appealed to
young female audiences and knocked "Transformers 4" off the No. 1
spot as the most watched film after its release in the mainland last month.
Jackie
Chan publicly addressed the incident for the first time on Wednesday evening,
through messages posted on his account on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging
platform.
The
star of "Rush Hour" wrote that he felt "extremely furious"
and "extremely shocked" at the news of his son's drug woes, adding
that Jaycee's mother is "heartbroken."
"I
hope that young people will see Jaycee as a cautionary tale and stay away from
drugs," wrote Chan.
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