Jaycee Chan, the son of action film star Jackie Chan, has
been jailed for six months for a drug offence.
Chan, 32, pleaded guilty in Beijing’s Dongcheng District
Court to “sheltering others to use drugs”.
Police raided his home in August and found more than 100g
of marijuana. He faced a maximum sentence of three years.
His arrest came amid a crackdown on drugs in China which
has already netted several celebrities.
Chan and Taiwanese movie star Kai Ko, 23, were both
detained at his Beijing home in August, with police saying they tested positive
for marijuana. Ko was released after a 14-day administrative detention for drug
use.
But Jaycee Chan was put under “criminal detention” for the
additional and more serious crime of “providing a shelter for others to abuse
drugs”, Beijing police said at the time.
He told the court on Friday that when police came to his
house “I just gave them information and I confessed because I didn’t know how
to deal with the marijuana”.
Chan was also fined 2,000 yuan ($322; £213), reports said.
Jackie Chan, who was named an official “Narcotics Control
Ambassador” by Chinese police in 2009, has said he felt “ashamed” and “sad”
over his son’s behaviour, reports the BBC.
