Chinese actress Jing Tian fined RM4.7mil for fat-loss ads


By AGENCY

Jing Tian is the latest celebrity to be caught up in China's year-long crackdown on the entertainment industry. Photo: AFP

Chinese actress Jing Tian was slapped with a million-dollar fine for breaching China's advertising law by touting candies as a weight-loss drug.

Jing, who has been in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Great Wall (2016) with actor Matt Damon and Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), has been a brand ambassador for Infinite Free, a Guangzhou-based company that claimed its fruit and vegetable candy could prevent the body from absorbing sugars, oils and fats.

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