China's Wenzhou issues arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Chau

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Alvin Chau is the founder of Macau's biggest junket operator, Suncity, which operates VIP gambling rooms across Asia.

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HONG KONG, Nov 27 - Wenzhou, a city in eastern China, has issued an arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Alvin Chau, accusing him of operating gambling activities in mainland China.

An investigation found that Chau formed a junket agent network in the mainland to help citizens engage in offshore as well as cross-border gambling activities, the Wenzhou City Public Security Bureau said on Friday. GGRAsia, a news outlet on the Asia casino industry, quoted a Suncity spokesperson as saying by email early on Saturday that the company had contacted Chau and had not received a response.

The Wenzhou authority said that as of July 2020, the "crime syndicate" led by Chau had 199 shareholder-level agents, more than 12,000 gambling agents and over 80,000 punter members. "The amount of money involved was exceptionally large, seriously damaging our country's social management order," the security bureau said. "The security authorities urges to surrender himself as soon as possible, in order to get a lenient treatment.

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