By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Ghanaian comedian and actor, Richard Asante who is popular known as Kalybos was recently arrested in China for breaching the laws.According to a source who witnessed the arrest of the Ghanaian humour merchant, the incident took place weeks ago in China where the popular comedian has gone to shoot a skit for his comedy series, Boys Kasa.
He was arrested alongside his manager and producer, Kofi Asamoah for not having escort to accompany them as foreigners in the country.
After a call to his manager in China, Koffi who was surprised with how fast the news spread so fast on social media, confirmed the arrest by stating: ‘Yes, it’s indeed true, we never expected this piece of news to be exposed like this, but then, the good news is that, it was not for any criminal offence like stealing or anything
‘You know we’ve shot our first ever movie and we shot some of the scenes in China, and it was during one of our shots at a particular location, that Kalybos and I got arrested.
‘Our offence was that, we did not have an escort and per their regulations, they have for visitors, we had not taken the necessary action. We had the permit to shoot alright, but there was a festival ongoing at this particular location and we wanted to shoot something with it, and that was when the police came in, simply because we did not have a Chinese escort’
Kalybos who is one of the most popular comic actors in Ghana, he anchors a comedy TV series dubbed: Boys Kasa which is directed by Kofi Asamoah.