This morning, users on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform have said that the famous Chinese singer and music producer Chen Yufan was arrested for drug use. But Chen's company later posted a Weibo statement saying that the news was fake, urging fans not to spread rumors.

Later in the morning, Chen posted a Weibo message saying "One Love" in a memorial to "Yu Quan," a duo band he and Hu Haiquan started in 1998. Netizens say that this post, and a lack of response to the rumors, showed that Chen did not know about the rumors.

However, early in the afternoon, the story saw a new twist. The Weibo account "Ping An Shijingshan," the official Weibo account of the Shijingshan branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, announced that two people had been arrested on November 26 for drug use in Beijing. 

The announcement concealed their real names but disclosed their surnames as Chen and He. The one named Chen was said to be male, aged 43, a singer.

Later "Ping An Beijing," the official Weibo account of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, reposted the announcement from its Shijingshan branch, and commented, "Drugs make the 'most beautiful' wither."

The "Most Beautiful" was a song released by the band "Yu Quan" in the year 1999.

Chen's company later deleted the declaration it made early in the day. Chen's "One Love" post was also deleted.

(Top Photo: Chen Yufan performs onstage during the "Yu Quan" 20th-anniversary concert tour in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, January 20, 2018. /VCG Photo)