37-year-old Chinese actress Cui Manli, known for her role as 'Yu Ying'er' Yu Daying in 'Empresses in the Palace', recently revealed during a live broadcast that she once drove without a license while intoxicated and committed a hit-and-run in Hengdian Town, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, while filming. Although she quickly retracted her statement by claiming she was bragging and 'dreamed about it', the incident caused such a stir that the police launched an investigation and announced on the 13th that she had been arrested.
On the 13th, the Dongyang City Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang Province released a 'police briefing' revealing that after a thorough investigation into Cui Manli's self-admitted unlicensed drunk driving and hit-and-run incident, it was confirmed to be 'false information'. They stated that 'Cui Moumou (referring to Cui Manli) fabricated false claims on an internet platform about driving without a license and intoxicated during filming in Hengdian, causing a hit-and-run, for the sake of attracting attention and gaining followers, resulting in serious negative social impact.'
For this reason, the police have administratively detained her for violating the 'Regulations on the Administration of Public Security of the People's Republic of China'. They also remind netizens that 'the internet is not a lawless place, and public security agencies will resolutely combat illegal and criminal activities of fabricating and spreading false information on the internet for the sake of gaining traffic, maintaining a clean online space.'