Three Australian casino employees arrested
November 28, 2016 Category Expat corner, Weekly
Three Australian employees of the casino firm Crown Resorts, who were detained last month on suspicion of violating strict Chinese gambling regulations, will be prosecuted. Casino gambling is illegal in China and agents are banned from organizing groups of more than 10 mainland citizens to gamble abroad. Under Chinese law, anyone who “runs a gambling house or makes gambling his or her profession” can face up to three years in prison. The three Australians include the head of Crown’s VIP International team, Jason O’Connor, who was visiting China from company headquarters in Melbourne. Fifteen Chinese employees of Crown were also detained, but the status of their cases is not known.
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