HOLLYWOOD - Martial arts actor Jackie Chan has attacked the Taiwanese press for twistinghis words when he criticized last year's controversial elections, although
he apologies for any unintentional hurt caused.
The Rush Hour star caused an uproar when he described the election, which saw
President Chen Shui-Bian triumph despite allegations of a voting discrepancies,
as "the biggest joke in the world".
But Chan insists his words were manipulated and taken out of context.
In a five-page open letter to the Taiwanese media, Chan says, "There have
been a lot of reporters who are still asking me about the so-called
'turbulence' I have caused.
"I, Jackie Chan, am a big man and... would take responsibility for what I
said. But I cannot accept that some people who purposefully took certain words
from me and developed them without limit, twisted them and arbitrarily put
charges on me."
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