China charges Jackie Chan's son over drug offense

[MADem]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/22/us-china-drugs-idUSKBN0K00K620141222?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

(Reuters) - China's state prosecutor said on Monday it had formally charged Jaycee Chan, son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan, with a drugs offense, meaning he is almost certain to face trial.

The younger Chan, a 32-year-old actor and singer, was arrested in Beijing this year after testing positive for marijuana, with police saying they found 100 grams of the drug at his home.

In a brief statement on its official microblog, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said it had begun legal proceedings against him for "the crime of sheltering others to take drugs". It did not elaborate.

President Xi Jinping said in June that China would "harshly crack down" on narcotics, state media reported. ....

As an aside, I was a little surprised that we didn't have a CHINA group here--I went looking for that when I thought to post this article.

[yuiyoshida]

1. There is a Asian group ...however

News is not posted there, its mostly cultural things, music, food ect..

[MADem]

7. China is a big player on the world stage, I think it's interesting that we have so few people here

who focus on it. I don't know nearly enough about the place, myself--it's never been part of my portfolio in any direct way. I haven't been in the neighborhood for decades--I was in HK right before the switch.

[yuiyoshida]

8. Not sure why there is not a group for

Asian News, but I know Asahinakimi fought hard to get the Asian group approved since there was already an AA group as well as a Hispanic group. The idea, at least in her mind was to focus on Culture, traditions etc..

A group to discuss Asian culture, music, language, food, fashion, entertainment, art, history, traditions. For main Asian News please post in General Discussion.

This group is to help educate DUers about Asia and the many cultures there. We encourage video or written material on any of the above topics.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12502043

Everyone is welcome to come and visit, and post. New Stories are generally left to General Discussion, and that has been done in the past with Japan's Earthquake Tsunami, as well as other Asian news.

[MADem]

10. I think the Asian group is great for those purposes....

We don't really have a place for the newsy stuff, do we, though? Oh well, LBN and GD will have to do, I guess!

[snooper2]

2. Wonder what the quality is in China

[MADem]

5. Probably top shelf. Silk Road goes both ways....! nt

[True Blue Door]

9. I would bet it's good natural stuff, but they probably don't have widespread adoption

of the advanced cultivation techniques we do in the US. The penalties are so harsh and the social taboos so profound that there just isn't the amount of cultural investment in it in China.

[stevenleser]

3. Not a good place to do anything illegal, including drugs.

His dad could have flown him to Colorado or to Amsterdam.

[MADem]

6. His father is bowing and scraping. This is probably going to take a lot of cash to fix. nt

[Cha]

4. Good Luck to the Chans!