China Celebs

Strong Online Rumors: Fan Bingbing Has Allegedly Been Arrested in Wuxi

Businessman Huang Yiqing claims on Weibo that the actress has been detained.

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8 years ago

September 1, 2018

Strong rumors about an alleged arrest of Fan Bingbing, one of China’s most famous actresses, are making their way around Chinese social media today. Fan Bingbing has been at the centre of a tax evasion scandal for the past months.

The Chinese actress Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) has been arrested, sources on Weibo claim.

Rumors about Fan’s arrest come from Huang Yiqing (黄毅清), the ex-husband of famous Chinese actress Huang Yi (黄奕). On August 31,…

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2 Comments

anon

September 2, 2018 at 8:05 am

Wang Yi’s ex-husband is hardly a credible news source. Fan Bingbing doesn’t have a ‘husband’ so far. She and Li Chen are engaged but have yet to tie the knot.

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Jeff

September 13, 2018 at 11:44 am

Actually,Fan Bingbing is notorious in China.She sleep around just for fame.

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