{"id":21882,"date":"2021-08-23T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21882"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:24:47","slug":"hong-kong-policeman-sentenced-for-running-illegal-gambling-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-policeman-sentenced-for-running-illegal-gambling-den","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong: policeman sentenced for running illegal gambling den"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ng Hin-fung has been sentenced to a maximum of two years and six months in prison for running an illegal poker house and for breaching Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong.-\u00a0<strong>Ng Hin-fung<\/strong>, a Hong Kong policeman, has been sentenced to up to two years and six months in prison after\u00a0<strong>officers found he was involved in running an illegal gambling den<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to South China Morning Post, Ng Hin-fung, together with the other two people, has also been sentenced for breach of restrictions regarding group gatherings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ng Hin-fung was arrested during\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-65-arrested-in-raid-on-illegal-gambling-den\">a raid in April<\/a>\u00a0in which officers arrested <strong>65 people aged between 18 and 54<\/strong>. The officer was<strong>\u00a0suspended from duty<\/strong>. He has been released on bail for HK$10,000 (US$1,280) until the next hearing on October 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court heard that\u00a0<strong>the illegal casino operated in a 1,600 square foot industrial unit\u00a0<\/strong>and offered poker games from March 27 to April 8. Some <strong>39 were charged with illegal gambling<\/strong>, while an insurance agent faced charges of preventing police from entering the gambling establishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to current gambling laws, <strong>operating a gambling establishment is punishable by two years in prison<\/strong>\u00a0and a HK$5m fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">824 people arrested in a series of raids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-824-arrested-over-illegal-gambling-on-euro-2020\">Authorities in Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0reported that<strong>\u00a0824 people were arrested for illegal gambling\u00a0<\/strong>during a series of police raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officers, those arrested were involved in&nbsp;<strong>illegal gambling operations related to the UEFA Euro 2020<\/strong>&nbsp;tournament. Police carried out&nbsp;<strong>137 raids,&nbsp;<\/strong>arresting 475 men and 349 women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers seized US$463m. According to the South China Morning Post, it\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>the largest amount of money seized from illegal gambling&nbsp;<\/strong>operations in almost 10 years. Police also seized several vehicles and computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those arrested, aged 14 to 87 years, have been charged with different activities, from carrying out bookmaking operations to running illegal gambling dens or laundering money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ng Hin-fung has been sentenced to a maximum of two years and six months in prison for running an illegal poker house and for breaching Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A Hong Kong policeman, Ng Hin-fung, has been sentenced for operating an illegal poker den and violating Covid-19 restrictions. Concurrently, Hong Kong authorities conducted extensive raids, arresting 824 individuals for illegal gambling activities, including bookmaking and money laundering, seizing a record US$463m linked to the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. These actions underscore the ongoing regulatory challenges and enforcement efforts against illicit gambling operations within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Ng Hin-fung, South China Morning Post, UEFA Euro 2020","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Market Integrity Impact","query":"What is the estimated GGR diversion from the potential regulated market to these illicit operations, and how might this influence future B2C licensing frameworks or market expansion strategies in Hong Kong?"},{"label":"AML & Governance Implications","query":"Given the substantial funds seized and money laundering charges, what enhanced AML and governance frameworks are being considered to mitigate financial crime risks within the broader Asian iGaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-21882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21888,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21882\/revisions\/21888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}