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Pop star Zang Tianshuo arrested for being mob leaderPosted by Eric Mu, November 7, 2008 4:24 PM
 The Beijing News November 7, 2008 Zang Tianshuo has been arrested, police confirmed today. The pop star is suspected to be behind several gang-related crimes that caused at least one fatality, The Beijing News reports. Zang is one of China's rock music pioneers and was once a keyboardist for Cui Jian, the "godfather of Chinese Rock music." Zang's song Friends is a karaoke standard and was featured in Feng Xiaogang's comedy Big Shot's Funeral, which starred Donald Sutherland. The article says that that Zang has been in police custody since August, but his case was kept confidential until being brought to the media recently. Zang's assistant confirmed the arrest. Though the report is sketchy, it does link Zang's arrest to a gang fight in 2003 in Langfang, Hebei Province, where Zang owns a bar. A man was killed during the fight. According to a lawyer quoted in the newspaper, Zang could face three years or higher if he is found guilty. Links and Sources
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Comments on Pop star Zang Tianshuo arrested for being mob leader
Peng Yo ha Peng Yo... I put a cap in yo ass..
Wait, wrong ... no guns in China...
2nd try:
Peng Yo ah Peng Yo... I stomp my foot up yo ass
Peng Yo ah Peng Yo... Cuz I'm a fat-azz real gangsta, babbbyyy,
Peng Yo ah Peng yo... For real don't fuck with me!
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And that's all the words I can remember.
what does donald sutherland have to do with this news ? strange.
And Jackie Chan, crooked as a dog's hind leg, roams free.
I saw Zang Tianshuo live in Nanjing in 2007. The crowd badgered him to play "Friends." After holding them off with a few songs, he caved after about half an hour. Once the climax of the show was over, the crowd thinned out.