{"id":8308,"date":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/trial-of-tak-chuns-levo-chan-set-to-start-dec-5-court\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:00:00","slug":"trial-of-tak-chuns-levo-chan-set-to-start-dec-5-court","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/trial-of-tak-chuns-levo-chan-set-to-start-dec-5-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial of Tak Chun\u2019s Levo Chan set to start Dec 5: court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The trial of gambling junket head Levo Chan Weng Lin and other defendants linked to junket brand Tak Chun is set to begin on December 5. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">Mr Chan has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest in late January. Mr Chan is a former executive director, co-chairman and chief executive of Macau casino services firm Macau Legend Development Ltd. He resigned from his executive roles soon after his detention.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Macau&rsquo;s Public Prosecutions Office said at the time of his arrest that Mr Chan was suspected of four types of crime: being a leader of a triad (which involves a penalty of up to 15 years in prison); money laundering (up to eight years in prison); illegal running of gambling operations (up to three years in prison); and illegal running of gambling operations in a casino (up to three years in prison).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Separately, Macau&rsquo;s Court of First Instance started this month the proceedings related to the trial of Alvin Chau Cheok Wa and other defendants linked to the now-defunct Macau casino junket Suncity Group Ltd. The case was due to start on September 2, but has been delayed to September 19, over the absence of a defendant; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The trial of gambling junket head Levo Chan Weng Lin and other defendants linked to junket brand Tak Chun is set to begin on December 5. 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