《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 National Immigration Agency probes entry status of Chinese singer-actor
Chinese singer-actor Lu Han is pictured in a promotional image for the Chinese reality show Go to School. Photo taken from a Weibo Web site
/ Staff writer, with CNA
The National Immigration Agency yesterday said it is looking into accusations that Chinese singer-actor Lu Han (鹿唅) has worked illegally during a visit.
Lu, 26, arrived on Sunday on a six-day trip to film an episode for the second season of a Chinese reality show Go to School (我去上學啦2).
The agency said it received a tip that Lu‘s entry permit listed him as an independent tourist, which would mean he is not allowed to work in Taiwan.
It said it would look into the nature of Lu’s activities during his trip, and if he is found to have worked illegally, his entry permit would be revoked, he would be ordered to leave the nation and barred from re-entering the country for five years, the agency said.
However, there are no plans to summon Lu or his production crew for questioning, it said.
The Go to School episode was scheduled to be filmed yesterday morning at Taipei Hwa Kong Arts School on Yangmingshan, and a throng of fans and reporters had gathered outside the school.
However, no production crew or actors appeared and a school official at 9am told the crowd that he had just received a telephone call to say that the shoot had been canceled.
The Chinese company producing the show yesterday apologized, saying that this was the first time it has shot scenes in Taiwan and that it had not handled “related procedures” properly because of its inexperience.
The company said it would shoulder any “corresponding responsibility” and would communicate with necessary agencies to resolve the problem.
The second season of Go To School is scheduled to begin airing on June 26.
Other mainstays of the program are to include singer Ella Chen (陳嘉樺) of the Taiwanese group S.H.E and Taiwanese American actor Wilber Pan (潘瑋柏).
Lu visited Taiwan in January last year to promote the Chinese TV comedy 20 Once Again, a remake of the South Korean hit Miss Granny, in which Taiwanese actor Chen Bo-lin (陳柏霖) also starred.
Lu was originally a member of “EXO,” a South Korea-Chinese boy group. He dropped out of the group in 2014, citing health reasons and the unequal treatment given Chinese members of the group, and decided to develop his career back home.
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