Chinese starlet's fines reasonable, experts say

Legal professionals agree that the punishment given to actress Fan Bingbing for tax evasion is reasonable and justified, and can also serve as a warning to the public.

"The tax payment, overdue surcharge and fine for Fan are an administrative punishment that was made in line with our country's tax collection regulation and the revised Criminal Law," said Chen Canping, president of the law school at Tianjin University of Finance and Economics.

He made the remark on Monday, four days after Fan and companies she represents were ordered to pay taxes and penalties totaling about 884 million yuan ($128 million) after it was found she had evaded taxes of more than 140 million yuan.