Less than four months after returning from a drug rehab center, Taiwan actress Hsiao Shushen was discovered with drugs again on Wednesday, when Taipei police tailed a drug supplier to her house. They found cocaine and syringes, according to a report on Sohu.com.

When police broke into the house, Hsiao was sitting in the living room. Her assistant Hsu Huihui was sleeping in another room. There were also some other people, the report said.

The drug supplier tried to kill himself by swallowing powder from a fire extinguisher and was sent to a nearby hospital immediately.

Hsiao admitted on the site that she still used drugs, but her assistant denied the claim. The group was later taken away by police for drug tests, the results of which are not yet available.

If Hsiao tests positive, she is likely to face a prison term of six months to five years, the report said.

In December last year, Hsiao admitted publicly that she had been involuntarily using drugs, saying she was given the drugs without her awareness.

She was later sent to a local rehabilitation center and subsequently released in July.
 
(CRI November 15, 2007)