Stand-up comedian arrested on drug charges
Stand-up comedian Kamu has been arrested in Shanghai for allegedly allowing others to take drugs, the people’s procuratorate in Hongkou District said on Wednesday.
Police in the district issued a statement on the same day saying that the 25-year-old comedian had been reported by others and caught on April 30 taking drugs with others.
Kamu was the winner of the second season of the comedy show “Rock & Roast” last year.
Xiao Guo Culture, the company which Kamu is signed to, apologized to the public in a statement and said it will suspend all work by the comedian for an indefinite period.