{"id":114485,"date":"2015-05-07T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114485"},"modified":"2015-05-07T15:13:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T15:13:17","slug":"jackie-chan-supports-death-penalty-for-drug-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/jackie-chan-supports-death-penalty-for-drug-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Chan ‘supports death penalty’ for drug offences"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan has said he supports the use of the death penalty for some drug offenders.<\/p>\n
Chan, whose son was jailed for drugs offences, said that with drugs “you’re hurting thousands of young children”.<\/p>\n
Jaycee Chan spent six months in prison in China after police found marijuana in his home.<\/p>\n
Jackie Chan is Singapore’s first celebrity anti-drug ambassador. He was named official Narcotics Control Ambassador by Chinese police in 2009.<\/p>\n
Both Singapore and China have enforced capital punishment for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
In an interview with journalists conducted in both English and Mandarin, he said drugs were not only hurting young people, they were hurting his family.<\/p>\n
“On some issues, I do support the death penalty,” he said.<\/p>\n
“When you’re hurting thousands and thousands of young children, I think these kind of people are useless.
\n“You should get the right punishment.”<\/p>\n