Police are to question action movie star Jackie Chan over his claim that he once used "guns and grenades" to fend off triad members.
The actor made the claim in the same interview with a mainland magazine in which he controversially suggested the government restrict Hong Kong people's freedom to demonstrate.
Chan said he and other actors used to be bullied by triad members, who used guns to threaten them and extort money.
"In the past, when they bullied me, I hid in the United States. They opened fire at me once I got off the aeroplane. From that moment on, I needed to carry a gun every day when I went out. When I returned to Hong Kong and ate outside, more than 20 people surrounded me with melon knives," he said.
"I pulled out a gun, and had two more concealed. I told them they had been going too far and that I had been hiding from them. Later on, I confronted them with two guns and six grenades," he was quoted as saying.
He did not elaborate on when the events happened and how the confrontations ended. Chan did not say if he still carries a gun when going out.