A former Crown Resorts employee who exposed the company's conduct in China and helped spark a powerful inquiry in New South Wales says she is taking her fight against the gambling empire to the Supreme Court.
"Crown's treatment has really impacted on her psychologically and continues to impact her on a day to day basis."Ms Jiang worked as an administration assistant for Crown Resorts for five years in Shanghai before she was arrested at home in the middle of the night in October 2016."But it wasn't a good memory because you remember that forever."
During her evidence at the inquiry, Crown Resorts chair Helen Coonan conceded the board's attack on Ms Jiang in full-page newspaper advertisements last year was "highly inappropriate".The Crown advertisements questioned Ms Jiang's "objectivity" citing "an unsuccessful demand for compensation from Crown of over 50 times her final annual salary".
Not only did she lose her job with the company after she was jailed, but Ms Jiang said her mental health had also been affected, as well as her job prospects because she now had a criminal record in China."And we were just dumped like a used napkin.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Crown's plans for a high-roller casino have been derailed.
But after Crown admitted last month, for the first time, money-laundering had "likely" occurred through its accounts, the NSW Liquor and Gaming RegulatorCrown's possible breaches of anti-money laundering laws have sparked a new class action by shareholders. "It's been able to compel testimony from people and obtain documents that are usually subject to legal professional privilege.
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