{"id":777001087,"date":"2022-12-15T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T17:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001087"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:59:32","slug":"imperial-pacific-hasnt-paid-executive-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/imperial-pacific-hasnt-paid-executive-staff","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Pacific hasn’t paid executive staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IPI has paid security guards but not its executive office staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.- Imperial Pacific International <\/strong>(IPI) has announced that it has paid wages owed to its seven security guards but not senior office staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, it’s been reported that IPI has hired additional staff to clear vegetation from the unfinished IPI hotel complex and villa site and that these are also working as security guards at night at IPI’s warehouses at Chalan Piao and Lower Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mariana’s Variety, IPI officially has 14 employees, including seven security guards, but the additional staff are Chinese nationals who are not licensed by the Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC)<\/strong> but report directly to Cui Lijie, a major shareholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IPI has struggled to pay its employees since it halted operations in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In November the company said it was looking for investors<\/a> to help it reopen in casino in Saipan next year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the Commonwealth Casino Commission board\u2019s monthly meeting, IPI adviser Tao Xing said an investor was expected to come on board soon and that IPI would be able to open its casino in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, IPI reported that it had signed a memorandum of agreement<\/a> with South Korea\u2019s IH Group<\/strong> to secure funding to help it reopen its casino in Garapan and pay some of its obligations, including payroll and outstanding payables to vendors. However, so far there has been no news regarding the agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IPI has paid security guards but not its executive office staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Imperial Pacific International (IPI) continues to face severe financial distress, evidenced by its inability to pay executive staff wages despite securing funds for security personnel. The company is actively seeking new investment to facilitate the reopening of its Saipan casino, following the apparent failure of a prior memorandum of agreement with South Korea's IH Group. Regulatory concerns are also highlighted regarding the employment of unlicensed staff reporting directly to a major shareholder.","focusai_entities":"Imperial Pacific International, IPI, Commonwealth Casino Commission, CCC, IH Group, Cui Lijie, Tao Xing, Mariana's Variety","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, Chalan Piao, Lower Base, Garapan, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CCC's Stance on Unlicensed Staff?","query":"What specific actions is the Commonwealth Casino Commission taking regarding IPI's employment of unlicensed Chinese national staff, and what are the potential regulatory penalties?"},{"label":"IH Group Agreement Status?","query":"What were the specific terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Agreement with South Korea's IH Group, and what factors led to its apparent non-materialization or lack of progress?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[24134],"class_list":["post-777001087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-imperial-pacific-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001087","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=777001087"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001111,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001087\/revisions\/777001111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}