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Yao Chen's husband arrested for fake ID use in Taiwan

China.org.cn, July 4, 2013

• The photographer, Cao Yu, is the husband of famous mainland actress Yao Chen.

  A Chinese mainland photographer was arrested by the Taiwan navy on June 1 for falsely identifying himself as Taiwanese while photographing locations for a film production in the province. Taiwan's navy command said it would terminate the film production and that it had transferred the case to the justice authority.

  The photographer, Cao Yu, is the husband of famous mainland actress Yao Chen. According to local reports, Cao accompanied director Doze Niu to Taiwan, where the director was scheduled to begin shooting his latest film, "Playground in the Arm," in August. While in Taiwan, Cao reportedly used false identification to board a warship in Tsoying Harbor in order to photograph war equipment for the film.

  The use of false identification violated a prior agreement between the director and the navy, as well as pre-established regulations for mainlanders doing business in Taiwan, according to a press release from Taiwan's navy command. Cao's actions were also dishonest and threatened security, said the press release.

  The Taiwan navy said it had terminated the film production and that it had handed the case over to the justice authority for further investigation.

  The navy said that it has responded positively to the government's efforts to boost Taiwan's cultural and creative industries, but that they now regret the film agreement. The command requested the whole army enhance its sentry gate security to ensure similar incidents are prevented in the future.

  Cao Yu and director Doze Niu haven't respond to the news yet.

  Cao has previously done cinematography for director Lu Chuan's films "Kekexili: Mountain Patrol" and "City of Life and Death," both of which won Taiwan's Golden Horse Award at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.

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