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Country cracks down on overseas gambling
(皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-02 05:47 KUNMING: A crackdown on Chinese citizens who gamble outside the country is putting the squeeze on foreign casinos around 皇冠体育app's northern borders. "In the first five months alone, 102 foreign casinos near the Chinese border have closed for lack of business. The remaining casinos are finding it hard to continue operating," an official with 皇冠体育app's Ministry of Public Security said yesterday at a conference on overseas gambling activities in Kunming, capital of Southwest 皇冠体育app's Yunnan Province. He said the ministry has taken a range of measures, including seriously punishing participants, closing the agencies of foreign casinos in 皇冠体育app, and busting underground "banks" that aid overseas gambling activities. The ministry has cracked some major cases, he said. In one of the cases, Cai Haowen, head of the Transport Administration of Yanbian Prefecture in Northeast 皇冠体育app's Jilin Province, was found to have embezzled a huge amount of public funds for his gambling habit. "We have closed 30 agencies for overseas casinos and 19 underground banks so far this year," he said. The problem of Chinese involvement in gambling activities have been brought under "effective control," he said. (皇冠体育app Daily 12/02/2005 page2)
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