Chinese gambling kingpin taken into custody in Bangkok

Bangkok Post file photo
Bangkok Post file photograph

Authorities in Bangkok possess detained a questionable Chinese businessman who is the subject of an international police arrest warrant for apparently running an unlawful online casino, police said Saturday.

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

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

Thai law enforcement said She’s Thailänder visa had been cancelled after he was taken into migration custody on Wednesday night, pending an extradition request.

“The community prosecutor will post a (provisional arrest) request to the unlawful court next week, ” a Thai law enforcement official told AFP .

A good Interpol red observe published May 2021 and obtained simply by AFP states She is facing unlawful charges in China and taiwan related to running a casino and could face the maximum penalty of 10 years in jail.

Among January 2018 and February 2021, the suspect — who else heads up a “criminal gang” — colluded with others to register companies, and research and develop online gambling systems, the red notice says.

The notice adds that online gambling websites including Hongshulin, Yigou and Yiyou International were set up and 330, 1000 gamblers were hired.

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

One Chinese victim who was ripped off out of a substantial amount of cash committed suicide, Thai media reported.

The reddish notice says This wounderful woman 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 exact circumstances were not clear.

The Cambodian government may grant citizenship in case a person donates a minimum of $250, 000 to its coffers.

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