Director is badly cut by gang hired by a jilted lover: Paper

Chinese director Yan Po has been hospitalized following an alleged knife attack by a gang in Chaoyangmen, police said.

The attack was said to have taken place at a store in Bainaohui Computer Center on Tuesday, the same day his film Shaking Marriage was released.

Yan, 43, is a graduate from the French Advanced Decorative Arts Institute. His directing career kicked off in 2003 with Aspirin and he is known to specialize in urban love stories.