Chinese gambling kingpin taken into custody in Bangkok

Bangkok Post file photo
Bangkok Post file photograph

Regulators in Bangkok have detained a questionable Chinese businessman that is the subject of an international police arrest warrant for apparently running an unlawful online casino, police stated Saturday.

She Zhijiang, 40, has been on the run through Chinese authorities considering that 2012, according to Chinese language media.

He has had questionable mega projects and gaming ventures in Cambodia and at Shwe Kokko in Myanmar’s Kayin state, as well as a lottery venture in the Philippines, multiple press reports say.

Thai police said She’s Thai visa had been cancelled after he had been taken into immigration custody on Wednesday night, pending an extradition request.

“The community prosecutor will publish a (provisional arrest) request to the legal court next week, ” a Thai police official told AFP .

A good Interpol red discover published May 2021 and obtained simply by AFP states She is facing criminal charges in Tiongkok related to running a gambling establishment and could face a maximum penalty associated with 10 years in prison.

Among January 2018 plus February 2021, the particular suspect — who heads up a “criminal gang” — colluded with other people to register companies, and research and create online gambling platforms, the red notice says.

The notice provides that online betting websites including Hongshulin, Yigou and Yiyou International were setup and 330, 1000 gamblers were hired.

“The illegal proceeds acquired by She Zhijiang were more than CNY 150 million (US$22. 2 million) as a whole which has been transferred overseas, ” the crimson notice reads.

One Chinese language victim who was scammed out of a substantial sum of money committed suicide, Thailänder media reported.

The red notice says She has a Cambodian passport but was born in China’s Hunan state.

Frontier Myanmar reported he was granted Cambodian citizenship in 2017 but said the precise circumstances were ambiguous.

The particular Cambodian government may grant citizenship in case a person donates at least $250, 000 in order to its coffers.

China and Thailand have an extradition treaty, but the process could take several months.