Actor Zhang Lin sentenced for sheltering others for drugs

Zhang Lin [Photo/Sina Weibo]

Chinese actor Zhang Lin, whose stage name is Zhang Bo, has been sentenced to ten months in prison and has been fined 2,000 yuan ($322) for sheltering drug users.

The sentence was announced at a court in Chaoyang district, Beijing on Wednesday.

Zhang was arrested in his apartment Chaoyang, along with actor Wang Xuebing, in March.

Wang was an anti-drug ambassador for the city of Beijing in 2006.

He is free on bond after pleading guilty to drug charges.

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