Rumors upset Roy Marten

Rumors upset Roy Marten

JAKARTA (JP): Rumors can really make one upset. That's what
happened to popular television miniseries actor Roy Marten, who
was rumored as having been arrested as a drug dealer.

"I refuse to be accused as a drug dealer without evidence, but
I know who is the real drug dealer among actors and actresses,"
the 47-year-old actor told Antara after a discussion on AIDS/HIV
prevention in Tangerang, on Jakarta's outskirts.

Star of the popular TV series Dewi Fortuna said he knew those
actors and actresses who distributed or used drugs but did not
feel it necessary to expose them since he considered it was
unethical.

He did not deny that some actresses and actors were drug
users, but regretted that some people only looked at their
negative sides and ignored their positive ones, such as taking
part in regular religious activities.

In his case, he was planning to do something positive: taking
part in a business opportunity by running a restaurant in Hong
Kong. Instead, he was accused of being arrested as a drug dealer
while he was in the former British colony.

He said that he was not arrested at all. "I went to open a
restaurant but ended up accused as a drug dealer. The rumor must
have been be spread by those who don't like me," he said.