5-year ban for talent judge
By Zhang Xuanchen |
May 17, 2011, Tuesday
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A JUDGE on hit TV show China's Got Talent had his driving license revoked yesterday and was banned from driving for five years after being convicted of drunk driving.
Gao Xiaosong, a 42-year-old songwriter, was also fined 1,000 yuan (US$153) for having an expired driving license, Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court ruled.
Gao will stand an open trial today and could face up to six months in prison if he is convicted of dangerous driving under China's new traffic law. A blood test showed Gao had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit.
He was taken into custody on the night of May 9, after his car was involved in a four-vehicle smash that left three people injured.
Wearing an orange prison vest, Gao calmly listened to the verdict and didn't seek an appeal, China National Radio reported.
Earlier this year, Gao took a high-profile role in public outrage against Yao Jiaxin, a student at Xi'an Conservatory of Music who stabbed to death a young mother he had hit with his car.
On his microblog, Gao asked: "Can a person who disregards human life love music?"
Now web users have accused him of hypocrisy. "He has become the type of person he once slammed," one netizen said.
Gao's detention also forced organizers of China's Got Talent to appoint Antonio Chen, a Taiwanese music producer and composer, as a temporary judge to fill Gao's slot for the show's recording on May 10.
Organizers said they will decide whether to have Gao back or find a long-term replacement, depending on the outcome of his trial.
Gao, famous for campus ballad "My Deskmate" in the 1990s, was driving from a meal at a Beijing hotel when his white Infiniti SUV was in an accident near Dongzhimen Street.
Gao Xiaosong, a 42-year-old songwriter, was also fined 1,000 yuan (US$153) for having an expired driving license, Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court ruled.
Gao will stand an open trial today and could face up to six months in prison if he is convicted of dangerous driving under China's new traffic law. A blood test showed Gao had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit.
He was taken into custody on the night of May 9, after his car was involved in a four-vehicle smash that left three people injured.
Wearing an orange prison vest, Gao calmly listened to the verdict and didn't seek an appeal, China National Radio reported.
Earlier this year, Gao took a high-profile role in public outrage against Yao Jiaxin, a student at Xi'an Conservatory of Music who stabbed to death a young mother he had hit with his car.
On his microblog, Gao asked: "Can a person who disregards human life love music?"
Now web users have accused him of hypocrisy. "He has become the type of person he once slammed," one netizen said.
Gao's detention also forced organizers of China's Got Talent to appoint Antonio Chen, a Taiwanese music producer and composer, as a temporary judge to fill Gao's slot for the show's recording on May 10.
Organizers said they will decide whether to have Gao back or find a long-term replacement, depending on the outcome of his trial.
Gao, famous for campus ballad "My Deskmate" in the 1990s, was driving from a meal at a Beijing hotel when his white Infiniti SUV was in an accident near Dongzhimen Street.
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