Jackie Chan puts foot in mouth

The Star Online, 2 May 2009, Seah Chiang Nee
Jackie Chan’s assertion that the Chinese need to be controlled has not gone down well in this city state whose people want more freedom.
ASIA’S popular kung fu star Jackie Chan has touched on one of Singapore’s – and Asia’s – current pressing debates when he said in China: “I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. We Chinese need to be controlled (or else) we’ll just do what we want.”
In his easy-talking manner, the Hong Kong star said that the Chinese people have to be controlled or society would be “chaotic”, like in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and Singapore, too, had it not been the strict laws.
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