HK actor detained in Beijing for allegedly taking drugs

2011-04-17 20:52:50

File photo of Hong Kong actor Max Mok. (Photo: xinhuanet.com)

BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Beijing police said Sunday they have detained Hong Kong actor Max Mok for allegedly taking drugs.

Police said they arrested Mok in a residential community in Beijing's downtown Chaoyang distict on April 15. No other details were disclosed.

Mok, born in 1960 in Hong Kong, has been a major film star of Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio since the 1980s. He was popular for his role in Once Upon a Time in China series. In 1989, he was nominated Best Actor for the film Last Eunuch in China.

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