{"id":32753,"date":"2022-08-18T03:25:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T06:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32753"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:46:20","slug":"china-reiterates-stance-against-cross-border-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-reiterates-stance-against-cross-border-gambling","title":{"rendered":"China reiterates stance against cross-border gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wang Wenbin, a spokesman from China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has advised people involved in cross-border gambling to surrender or face severe punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- The Chinese government continues its fight against cross-border gambling crimes<\/strong>. Wang Wenbin<\/strong>, a spokesman from China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has advised that anyone involved in such crimes should surrender or face severe punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cNo matter what corner of the world a criminal suspect runs to, China will initiate law enforcement cooperation with relevant countries and bring the suspect to justice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang Wenbin’s comments were made during a routine briefing on Tuesday when he was asked to comment on the\u00a0recent arrest and extradition of a Chinese national from Thailand<\/a>\u00a0on suspicion of cross-border gambling crimes. Chinese businessman She Zhijiang\u00a0<\/strong>was arrested for allegedly running an illegal online casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang Wenbin added: \u201cWe warn the cross-border gambling crime suspects to stop their criminal acts; to return to the country, and turn themselves in so that they could still be granted lenient treatment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), an Interpol red notice published in May 2021 said She was facing criminal charges in China related to running a casino\u00a0<\/strong>and could face a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She Zhijiang allegedly ran gambling hubs in Cambodia and Shwe Kokko in Myanmar\u2019s Kayin state, as well as a lottery company in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese government has wagered a crackdown on cross-border gambling activities. In 2020, it established\u00a0a blacklist of destinations<\/a>\u00a0to which cross-border transfers are controlled. The\u00a0blacklist<\/strong>\u00a0is compiled by multiple departments, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security. In March 2021, China\u2019s revised Criminal Law made it illegal to assist cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wang Wenbin, a spokesman from China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has advised people involved in cross-border gambling to surrender or face severe punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14282,"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's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a stern warning to individuals involved in cross-border gambling, urging them to surrender or face severe legal repercussions, including international law enforcement cooperation. This follows the arrest and extradition of Chinese national She Zhijiang from Thailand, accused of operating an illegal online casino. The government's intensified crackdown includes a blacklist of gambling destinations and revised criminal laws making assistance to cross-border gambling illegal.","focusai_entities":"Wang Wenbin, China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, She Zhijiang, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Interpol, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Public Security","focusai_location":"China, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Shwe Kokko, Kayin state, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.98), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.88), investor_analyst (0.93), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Asian iGaming?","query":"What are the projected long-term impacts of China's intensified cross-border gambling crackdown on the operational viability and market access for iGaming operators and suppliers in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"Extradition precedent?","query":"How does the extradition of She Zhijiang from Thailand set a precedent for international law enforcement cooperation in combating illegal iGaming, and what are the implications for jurisdictional risk assessments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-32753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/32753","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=32753"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32768,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32753\/revisions\/32768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}