Jackie Chan’s son convicted on drug charge, sentenced to 6 months in prison

The son of kung fu movie star Jackie
Chan was convicted on a drug charge
and sentenced to six months in prison
in a Beijing court on Friday .

Jaycee
Chan , who pleaded guilty to “hosting
others to take drugs , ” was also fined
2 ,000 yuan ( $ 320) , announced the
Dongcheng District People ’ s Court.

Wearing a black sweatshirt and blue
pants , the 32- year- old Chan — who is
an actor like his father — bowed to the
judge and prosecutor after the 90 -
minute trial.

“I committed a crime and deserve to
be punished, ” the court’ s official
microblog quoted him as saying . “It
doesn ’ t mean I have received mercy
and forgiveness — I hope to earn them
with my future actions .”
Reminding him to “return to the right
path” and “establish a healthy public
image , ” the prosecutor cited Chan ’ s
cooperation with police as a basis for
leniency, according to the court.

The Hong Kong native was arrested in
Beijing last summer along with a
Taiwanese actor, amid a government
crackdown on celebrity drug offenders .

After both men tested positive for
marijuana , police found more than 100
grams of the drug after searching
Chan ’ s apartment .
Although he did not attend the trial,
Jackie Chan — who has starred in
Hollywood blockbusters like “Rush
Hour ” and was named an anti - drugs
ambassador in China in 2009 — had
expressed anger and disappointment in
his son in media interviews .

“I failed to discipline him — now the
state is helping me discipline him and
make him get rid all the bad habits , ”
the elder Chan , 60, told the state -run
Xinhua news agency last month , while
denying his son had received special
treatment in jail .

The younger Chan’ s case has put a
spotlight on the Chinese capital ’ s
intensifying anti - drugs campaign .

By
mid - November , the authorities had
detained almost 10 , 000 people for
using drugs , nearly double the previous
year ’ s figure .

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