China S Most Famous Actress Fan Bingbing Reported To Be Under Control By Chinese Government

Fan Bingbing has been the highest-paid actress in China since 2013. She was the fifth highest paid actress in 2016 with $17 million – that put her ahead of Charlize Theron and Julia Roberts. Fan is one of the celebrities who allegedly used the double contract ploy to evade taxes. Her disappearance in July came after Cui Yongyuan, a former TV host, posted screenshots of Fan’s employment contracts. One showed an income of 10 million yuan ($1.5 million). The other showed income of 50 million yuan ($7.5 million). Now, the Chinese state media reported than Bingbing is “under control” and will accept the legal decision. According to Taiwan News, the actress has been arrested and is in jail. The scandal of signing multiple employment contracts to avoid paying higher taxes is reportedly only the “tip of the iceberg” of her case. Since her disappearance in July, rumors have been making the rounds that Bingbing was under house arrest. He fiancée, Li Chen, last posted on his social media accounts in early July. It was also reported than Bingbing and her brother were not permitted to leave the country. It is believed that the Chinese government is censoring news about Fan Bingbing and her whereabouts. Posts about it have been removed from social media.  Comments from Fan’s supporters expressing concern over her disappearance also appeared to have been deleted.