Singer Kris Wu Yifan formally arrested for rape

Mainland singer Kris Wu Yifan has been formally arrested by authorities for rape.

The announcement was made by People's  Procuratorate of Chaoyang District, Beijing this evening.

Two weeks ago, mainland police said they detained a 30-year-old Canadian man surnamed Wu on suspicion of committing rape, with state media identifying him as pop singer Kris Wu.

Wu was being investigated over accusations made online of "tricking young girls into having sex with him," according to a statement by police in the Chaoyang district of the Chinese capital Beijing late on Saturday.

Wu was publicly accused last month by an 18-year-old Chinese student of inducing her and other girls, some of them under the age of 18, to have sex with him.

The student told Chinese media last month that Wu had lured her into having sex when she was 17 after plying her with liquor. A police statement last month said the student was invited by Wu's team to his house for casting in music videos. (Staff and Reuters)