Family... Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan said he was “ashamed” of his son’s drug charges. Picture: AFP
CHINESE prosecutors have charged the son of Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan with providing a venue for others to use drugs.
Jaycee Chan, who like his father has worked as an actor and singer, was detained in August after police said they found 100 grams of marijuana in his Beijing home.
Prosecutors will now bring the evidence against Chan to a court, which can still decide whether or not to accept the case.
The younger Chan and Ko Chen-tung, a Taiwanese actor also known as Kai Ko, both tested positive for marijuana, according to the state Xinhua news agency.
Chan has featured in several films but has not so far won the acclaim earned by his father, one of Asia’s best-known actors with a string of Hollywood hits to his name.
Shortly after his son’s detention, Chan’s father said in a post on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo service that he is “extremely angry and extremely shocked”.
“As a public figure, I am ashamed. As a father I feel terrible,” he said in August.
China launches periodic crackdowns on illegal drug use, which in the past have involved arresting celebrities.
Originally published as Chan’s son hit with drugs charge