{"id":25693,"date":"2021-12-17T13:35:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25693"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:48:15","slug":"police-close-sihanoukville-casino-over-torture-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/police-close-sihanoukville-casino-over-torture-allegations","title":{"rendered":"Police close Sihanoukville casino over torture allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have closed down an illegal casino in Sihanoukville which faces allegations of confining and torturing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambodia.- Cambodian police continue to fight illegal casinos linked to human trafficking.\u00a0On this occasion, authorities in the province of Preah Sihanouk detected a casino at which people were allegedly confined and tortured. Through a statement, officers said\u00a0<strong>Qian Cheng, manager of Ding Sheng Casino<\/strong>, has been cited to cooperate with the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Khmer Times, victims said the alleged crimes happened at the casino. A task force has been formed to investigate. Ding Sheng Casino cannot be sold or leased to others while the investigation is ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodians-forced-to-work-at-illegal-casino-in-sihanoukville\">two women and one man<\/a>\u00a0were released after being<strong>\u00a0forced to work in an illegal casino\u00a0<\/strong>in Sihanoukville for at least two months. According to a report by Radio Free Asia,\u00a0<strong>the three people were tempted by a false promise of a well-paid job<\/strong>\u00a0by a trafficker who said he would pay them $1,000 to go to Sihanoukville.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, after they arrived they found their salary would be much lower, and when they tried to quit, the trafficker prohibited them from leaving and imposed a one-year contract on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September, China and Cambodia renewed their&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-and-cambodia-renew-agreement-on-cross-border-crime\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">existing cooperation agreement on cross border gambling<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong>China\u2019s minister of public security&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Cambodia\u2019s interior<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>minister&nbsp;<\/strong>agreed to continue tackling cross-border crimes,<strong>&nbsp;including illegal online gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have closed down an illegal casino in Sihanoukville which faces allegations of confining and torturing people.<\/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":"Cambodian authorities have shut down the Ding Sheng Casino in Sihanoukville following allegations of human confinement and torture, linking the illegal operation to human trafficking. This incident underscores the severe risks associated with unregulated gambling sectors and highlights ongoing cross-border efforts between Cambodia and China to combat illegal online gambling and related crimes.","focusai_entities":"Qian Cheng, Ding Sheng Casino, Cambodian police, Khmer Times, Radio Free Asia, China's minister of public security, Cambodia's interior minister","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville, Preah Sihanouk, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Cambodia's iGaming?","query":"What are the potential long-term implications of this high-profile illegal casino shutdown and human trafficking allegations on Cambodia's efforts to attract legitimate iGaming investment and establish a regulated market?"},{"label":"Cross-border enforcement efficacy?","query":"How will the renewed cooperation agreement between China and Cambodia on cross-border gambling be practically enhanced to prevent similar human trafficking and illegal operations, particularly concerning online gambling verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-25693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25693","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=25693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25715,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25693\/revisions\/25715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}