Vancouver’s Kris Wu is being held on suspicion of rape, following accusations last month by more than two dozen young women
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Police in China said they have detained a 30-year-old Canadian man with the surname of Wu on suspicion of committing rape, with state media identifying him as Chinese-born pop singer Kris Wu.
Mr. Wu was publicly accused last month by an 18-year-old Chinese student of inducing her and other girls, some of them under the age of 18, to have sex with him. It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Wu’s arrest was linked to the student who made the accusations in July.Mr. Wu, born in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and moved to Vancouver with his mother when he was 10. IMDB says Mr. Wu attended Point Grey Secondary School and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, both in Vancouver. In an interview with VladTV in 2018, Mr. Wu said he had a huge passion for basketball when he was a teenager and once played for a B.C. team.
At least a dozen brands including Porsche and Bvlgari cut ties with Mr. Wu after the accusations, which have caused a social-media storm in China.
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