{"id":17372,"date":"2021-04-29T14:34:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17372"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:58:11","slug":"145-banned-from-leaving-china-due-to-cross-border-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/145-banned-from-leaving-china-due-to-cross-border-gambling","title":{"rendered":"145 banned from leaving China due to cross-border gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>China has invalidated the passports of 145 people for being involved in cross-border gambling activities and fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.- China has <strong>cancelled the passports of 145 people<\/strong>\u00a0due to their involvement in <strong>cross-border gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those involved have been\u00a0<strong>banned from leaving the country for three years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media,\u00a0<strong>71 of the 145 Chinese nationals were arrested for illegally crossing national borders<\/strong>, while 19 of them were repatriated from neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has recently<strong>&nbsp;changed its criminal code&nbsp;<\/strong>to make it illegal for anyone to assist others in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-target-cross-border-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cross-border gambling<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, the Ministry of Public Security reported\u00a0that <strong>police had investigated more than 17,000\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-fight-against-cross-border-gambling-activity\">cross-border gambling cases<\/a>\u00a0and arrested 110,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gambling is illegal\u00a0<\/strong>under Chinese law except for in the Macau SAR.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has invalidated the passports of 145 people for being involved in cross-border gambling activities and fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"China has escalated its enforcement against cross-border gambling and fraud, invalidating the passports of 145 individuals and imposing three-year travel bans. 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