{"id":777002203,"date":"2023-02-08T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002203"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:49:41","slug":"both-sides-appeal-sentences-in-alvin-chau-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/both-sides-appeal-sentences-in-alvin-chau-trial","title":{"rendered":"Both sides appeal sentences in Alvin Chau trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Appeals have been submitted to Macau&#8217;s Court of Second Instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Both the defence and prosecution have <strong>lodged appeals<\/strong> against the Macau Court of First Instance&#8217;s sentence in the Suncity (now LET Group) trial. Former CEO <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/alvin-chau-sentenced-to-18-years-in-prison\" target=\"_blank\">Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/a> sentenced to 18 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s reported that both sides have appealed against the sentences of all those convicted in the trial. Chau and 20 other people were indicted in connection with<strong> illegal gambling at licenced casinos<\/strong> and illegal online and proxy bets.&nbsp;Chau was accused of leading a criminal group. Of the 21 people put on trial, 13 were convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the judge, the charges against Chau were proven during the trial accept for a charge of <strong>money laundering<\/strong>. As well as the prison sentences, the court ordered Chau and five of the convicted defendants to pay over HKD8.67bn in compensation to the Macau government and casino operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal representatives of Wynn Macau Ltd, MGM China Holdings, SJM Holdings Ltd, Sands China Ltd, and Galaxy Entertainment Group have requested compensation saying that they lost revenue due to Chau&#8217;s operations. Wynn Macau Ltd is claiming MOP795.2m in damages, Sands China HKD300.7m and SJM Holdings HKD17.2m. MGM China asked the court to determine the sum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chau&#8217;s lawyer,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/alvin-chau-changes-lawyer-as-macau-trial-resumes\" target=\"_blank\">Leong Hon Man<\/a>, has denied that any illegal bets impacted on operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appeals have been submitted to Macau&#8217;s Court of Second Instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Appeals have been lodged by both the defense and prosecution against the Macau Court of First Instance's sentence in the Suncity trial, which saw former CEO Alvin Chau Cheok Wa sentenced to 18 years for illegal gambling and leading a criminal group. The court also ordered Chau and five co-defendants to pay over HKD8.67bn in compensation to the Macau government and several integrated resort operators for lost revenue.","focusai_entities":"Suncity, LET Group, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, Wynn Macau Ltd, MGM China Holdings, SJM Holdings Ltd, Sands China Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Leong Hon Man","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Junket Model?","query":"How might the outcome of these appeals further reshape the operational and regulatory landscape for junket operators and their relationships with concessionaires in Macau?"},{"label":"Operator Compensation Recovery?","query":"What is the projected timeline and likelihood of Macau's integrated resort operators recovering the ordered compensation, and what are the implications for their financial statements?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911,23702],"class_list":["post-777002203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-suncity-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002203","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=777002203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002231,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002203\/revisions\/777002231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}