Macau court sentences junket mogul to 18 years in jail - TVB

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18/01/2023 03:22

HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A top Macau gambling boss
has been sentenced by a local court to 18 years in jail after he
was found guilty of charges including enabling illegal gaming,
Hong Kong broadcaster TVB reported on Wednesday. 
    Alvin Chau was chairman of Macau's Suncity junket - which
brokered the gambling activity of Chinese high rollers - until
December 2021, a month after his arrest. 
    Chau had pleaded not guilty to the charges.  
 (Reporting by Farah Master and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by
Jacqueline Wong)
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