{"id":33296,"date":"2022-09-07T02:26:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T05:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33296"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:08:58","slug":"chinese-embassy-in-thailand-warns-about-cross-border-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinese-embassy-in-thailand-warns-about-cross-border-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Embassy in Thailand warns about cross-border gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chinese citizens in Thailand have been advised not to participate in cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.-\u00a0The <strong>Chinese embassy in Thailand<\/strong>\u00a0has warned Chinese citizens to stay away from cross-border gambling after receiving calls from nationals who had <strong>lost money and assets <\/strong>after travelling to Thailand to gamble. It has re<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notice reminds Chinese citizens that cross-border gambling activities is illegal and that they will be prosecuted if they violate the warning. A few weeks ago,\u00a0<strong>Wang Wenbin<\/strong>, a spokesman from China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advised that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-reiterates-stance-against-cross-border-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">anyone involved in cross-border gambling<\/a>\u00a0should surrender or face severe punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made the comments in a routine briefing when he was asked about the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-chinese-arrested-for-allegedly-running-an-illegal-online-casino\" target=\"_blank\">arrest and extradition of a Chinese national from Thailand<\/a>\u00a0on suspicion of cross-border gambling.\u00a0Chinese businessman<strong> She Zhijiang\u00a0<\/strong>was arrested for allegedly running an illegal online casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-chinese-embassy-warns-citizens-to-about-online-gambling-syndicates\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chinese Embassy in Cambodia<\/a>&nbsp;posted a statement on its website reminding Chinese citizens not to associate with online gambling syndicates. The statement came after&nbsp;<strong>a number of online gambling syndicates<\/strong>&nbsp;were found to have posted fake job advertisements to lure Chinese nationals who were then kidnapped for ransom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese citizens in Thailand have been advised not to participate in cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Chinese embassy in Thailand has issued a stern warning to its citizens against participating in cross-border gambling, citing illegality and potential prosecution following reports of significant financial losses. This advisory reinforces earlier statements from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, highlighting a concerted effort to combat illegal online gambling syndicates that have also been linked to human trafficking.","focusai_entities":"Chinese embassy in Thailand, Wang Wenbin, China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, She Zhijiang, Chinese Embassy in Cambodia","focusai_location":"Thailand, China, Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), gambler_consumer (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-Border Enforcement","query":"What specific bilateral or multilateral agreements are being leveraged by China and Thailand to enhance enforcement against illegal cross-border gambling syndicates and facilitate extraditions?"},{"label":"Market Impact Analysis","query":"How might the intensified crackdown on illegal cross-border gambling by Chinese authorities impact the GGR and NGR projections for regulated iGaming operators in Southeast Asian jurisdictions, particularly concerning VIP segments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-33296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33296","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=33296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33319,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33296\/revisions\/33319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}