{"id":8237,"date":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/hong-kong-had-a-week-focused-on-illegal-gambling\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"hong-kong-had-a-week-focused-on-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/hong-kong-had-a-week-focused-on-illegal-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong had a week focused on illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">Police in Hong Kong have arrested 65 people aged between 18 and 54 in a raid on an illegal gambling den. Among the people arrested were three people suspected of running the underground poker room. One of them is a police officer.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">The officer has been suspended from duty and could face a maximum penalty of seven years in jail and a HK$5m fine, included suspected gamblers and five dealers must go through legal procedures to define their punishment, but despite illegal gambling could also be fined for breaking social-distancing rules related to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">They found four poker tables inside the illegal gambling den. Police seized HK$600,000 (US$77,131) in cash and gambling chips along with 20 decks of cards and gambling paraphernalia.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">Over the weekend, police also arrested 29 people in another illegal gambling raid at a flat in Yuen Long On Ning Road.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">In February, police closed down 14 triad-linked gambling dens in Wan Chai and the Eastern District.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font size=\"4\">No Copyright infringement intended. 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