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JACKIE  CHAN SON REALEASE FROM JAIL IN CHINA The son of kung fu movie star Jackie Chan has

been released after being jailed for six months

in China for drug offenses.

Jaycee Chan was detained in August last year

after he tested positive for marijuana and police

found more than 100 grams of the drug in his

Beijing apartment.

His management company, Mstones, said he

was released early Friday morning and will hold

a press conference on Saturday.

"He will make a formal public apology and give

a full explanation,"

A Beijing court sentenced him in January but

took into account the time he already spent in

jail since last summer.

Chan pleaded guilty to "hosting others to take

drugs," was also fined 2,000 yuan ($320),

announced the Dongcheng District People's

Court.

The Hong Kong native was arrested along with a

Taiwanese actor, amid a government crackdown

on celebrity drug offenders.

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 December,

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.

Announcing the numbers, a top anti-narcotics

official in Beijing emphasized the government's

"zero-tolerance" stance on celebrity offenders

due to the impact of their behavior on the

youth.

Last August, dozens of management agencies

representing actors and singers signed an

agreement with Beijing authorities, banning drug

use from the entertainment industry and

pledging to fire any artists who break the law.

Source : CNN