The Regional Crime Squad of New Territories South arrested 7 female Internet celebrities (KOL) for allegedly promoting illegal gambling websites on social media such as instagram. Among the arrested persons were those who were well-known and had joined the online channel "Du Wenze Lisao" set up by Du Wenze The artist Bei Yilin.
"Hong Kong 01" found that as early as the beginning of this year, netizens in the online discussion area "Liandeng" successively posted articles with the titles "A group of KOLs promote online casinos in a high profile" and "KOLs err, people gamble outside". Less screenshots, referring to many KOLs openly sharing gambling website links on IG stories (limited-time dynamics), pointing directly at "real haoyi win (win)", and some people teach "certain winning method".
In the screenshot, Bei Yilin once said in an IG story: "A lot of friends are worried about me playing, don't worry, I have asked about it, so there is no problem!"
However, there are also female KOLs who have revealed that criminals sent her messages, and the monthly 8 Wan Wan recruited her to promote the gambling website, and even claimed that "many big Internet celebrities have already done their jobs", but she was quite conspicuous and did not "lag up", pointing out that online promotion of gambling is an illegal act.
▼Arrested women include entertainer Bei Yilin▼
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The police stated at a press conference today that criminals used the appeal of KOLs to lure them with money to promote illegal gambling sites on social media such as instagram, and arrested seven women in multiple districts across Hong Kong last week (21st to 27th). They are suspected of "promoting or facilitating the taking of wagers".
Those arrested included Bei Yilin, a 28-year-old who reported being an artist, and a female beautician surnamed Zhou (26); years old), surnamed Huang (28 years old), surnamed Zheng (30 years old).
Checking the posts of "Lian Deng" in the online discussion area, it turns out that as early as January this year, netizens have posted successively, exposing a group of female KOLs who openly promoted illegal gambling websites on IG stories, denouncing that "KOLs guide people to play Periphery, click on the link to play and you will get a commission", questioning the violation of the "Gambling Ordinance" and calling on the police to strictly enforce the law.
Netizens intercepted screenshots of IG stories of several sexy female KOLs, including Bei Yilin, and many other people suspected of being arrested by the police.
It can be seen from the screenshots that they will post a link to the gambling website, and when the link is clicked, it will go directly to the gambling website; sometimes they will post a link to the online gambling room, and fans can directly enter the room to participate in gambling.
▼Lian Dengzai intercepted a photo suspected to be Bei Yilin's IG, accusing her of promoting the gambling website▼
Among them, in Bei Yilin's IG story intercepted by netizens, she posted a link to the gambling website and said: "This way is not to play, I will reply in a unified way. I will start playing today. A friend helped me register, and he helped me It takes about 3 minutes to play! Many friends are worried about me playing, don’t worry, I have asked if there is no problem!” As for other KOLs who are also suspected of being arrested, some people have vigorously promoted online gambling on IG stories many times, related posts There are as many as 10, and they even claim that some will teach fans how to win money, and some will ask her for advice.
▼A number of female KOLs are suspected to be involved in the promotion of online gambling▼
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However, the vigilant female KOL rejected the criminals' solicitation and shared the other party's solicitation content on social platforms. The other party said, "We can give you HK$80,000 a month to help me post three days a week. Daily po three stories are ok", "You don't need to work, financial freedom, many big Internet celebrities are already tight".
The female Internet celebrity suspected that she did not reply to the other party, and made the content written by the other party public, bluntly saying that "in fact, online promotion of gambling is illegal."
A female KOL did not respond to the solicitation of criminals, but instead disclosed the content of the conversation to kick the law.
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