A suspect surnamed Chau and others have been asked to accompany police officials of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR), in order to assist with an investigation in relation to previously-gathered evidence.
The MSAR Government has received notification from mainland authorities, concerning a Macao ID holder surnamed Chau, who is a shareholder as well as a principal of a gaming promoter company. The information by mainland authorities revealed that Chau had allegedly set up a cross-boundary gambling syndicate, organising illegally Chinese residents to travel to VIP junkets overseen by Chau and located outside the mainland, in order to take part in cross-boundary gambling. Such activities concerned a huge amount of capital, and seriously hamper the country’s management of social order.
Wenzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate, in Zhejiang Province,has issued an arrest warrant for Chau. The judicial body has urged Chau to surrender as soon as possible, and said that if Chau did so, it might be possible to apply leniency.
The MSAR Government reiterated that all people taking part in Macao’s gaming industry have to adhere strictly to relevant laws stipulated both in the country and in Macao. There would be no tolerance of any act deemed as violating Macao law, and any such act would be investigated.
The MSAR Government has already had in place a relatively advanced system to manage the city’s gaming promoters. When revising the gaming law, the MSAR Government would strengthen its supervision of gaming promoters and their business, with a view to ensuring Macao’s tourism and entertainment industry would be developed in a healthy and orderly way.