Jaycee Chan, the son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China yesterday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said, having been caught up in the government’s aggressive anti-narcotics campaign.
The official Xinhua news agency said he was let out in the early hours of the morning having completed his sentence, taking into account time already served since he was put in detention in August.
The younger Chan, a 32-year-old actor and singer, was formally charged in December with “the crime of sheltering others to take drugs” after testing positive for marijuana, with police saying they found 100g of the drug at his home.