The Canadian singer could be fined after pictures appeared in local media to show him painting a wall.

 

Defacing buildings is a crime in Brazil punishable by up to one year in jail or a fine.

 

However officials described the case involving Justin Bieber as "a minor¹ offence". There was no immediate² comment from his management team.

 

In a statement, Brazil's civil police force said Justin Bieber had been charged with "defacing a building or urban monument by graffiti or other means".

 

 

Brazilian media reported and published photos appearing to show the 19-year-old singer spraying graffiti on the wall of the abandoned Hotel Nacional.

 

The pictures showed him wearing a red cap and army pants - with a security guard on one side, a police car parked on the other. 

 

It emerged that Bieber had authorisation from the City Hall to paint at a sports facility nearby, but members of his entourage claim he chose a different location to avoid his fans. 

 

Police argued the consent（同意，赞成） did not extend to any other places.

 

This closes a trip in which the teenage idol³ has been accused of swearing at photographers, was seen leaving a seedy night club and was kicked out of Rio's most prestigious⁴ hotel, the BBC's Julia Caneiro in Rio says. 

 

According to the Globo TV network, Bieber flew out of Brazil on Wednesday afternoon on a private jet and went to Paraguay, where he was scheduled to perform.

 

It is not the first time Justin Bieber has been involved in controversy⁵ this year. In March, he said sorry to fans for a late start at a concert in London. 

 

In April, he caused outrage⁶ with his message in a guestbook at the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam, saying he hoped the Holocaust⁷ victim would have been a fan - "a belieber".

 

Frank's diary, written during the two years the teenager and her family hid from the Nazis⁸ in occupied Amsterdam, made her a symbol of the suffering of Jews during World War II. 

 

And in July, Bieber was been criticised for touching⁹ the biggest trophy¹⁰（奖品） in North American ice hockey, the Stanley Cup.

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