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Written by: Kong Fanxu
2021-07-05 15:29
The last update date: 2021-07-05 15:29
The Independent Commission Against Corruption detected an illegal betting syndicate during an anti-corruption operation, and today (7th) charged an illegal betting operator who was arrested in the operation for allegedly taking bets and betting on horse racing. A total of 38.5 million yuan.
The defendant has been released on bail and will be heard this Wednesday (7th).
The ICAC sued an illegal peripheral gambling operator for taking bets, involving a total of $38.5 million in horse racing betting.
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The defendant Zhu Haigen (69 years old) was charged with one count of accepting bets in violation of Article 7(1) of the Gambling Ordinance.
When investigating a corruption case, the ICAC revealed that the defendant was suspected of receiving illegal betting. After consulting the legal advice of the Department of Justice, he was prosecuted.
Corruption investigations are still ongoing.
Involving 14 race days, the highest daily bet of 9.5 million yuan
The defendant has been granted bail by the ICAC and will appear in West Kowloon Magistracy on Wednesday (7th), pending the transfer of the case to the District Court for defense.
After the defendant met a businessman in 2017 or 2018, he invited him to place bets on horse racing.
The charge alleges that the defendant was suspected of taking bets from September 12, 2018 to October 31, 2019.
The ICAC investigation found that the businessman had bet with the defendant on 14 race days. The betting amount on each race day was suspected to range from 1 million to 9.5 million yuan, while the total betting amount on 14 race days was suspected to be 25 million yuan. To 38.5 million yuan.
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