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Jackie's son Jaycee Chan (AP)
Jackie's son Jaycee Chan (AP)

Beijing - The son of actor Jackie Chan was released from a Beijing jail Friday after completing a six-month sentence for allowing people to use marijuana in his apartment, amid a crackdown on illegal narcotics in the Chinese capital.

A statement issued by Jaycee Chan's entertainment company said the 32-year-old actor and singer left the city's Checheng jail a few minutes after midnight.

Photos showed chaotic scenes as reporters chased his car and surrounded it at a toll station.

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