Chinese table tennis star Zhang Jike was alleged to have used private videos of an ex-girlfriend to repay a gambling debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
China.- The Chinese Olympic table tennis gold medalist Zhang Jike<\/strong> has denied trying to use private videos of an ex-girlfriend <\/strong>to repay gambling debts. The creditor allegedly tried to use the videos to blackmail <\/strong>the actress Jing Tian<\/strong> into paying the debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zhang does not appear to have been formally accused of anything, but the reporter Li Weiao claimed in a social media post that the player had racked up debts of RMB5m (US$730,000) with a Guangdong-based junket operator at a Cambodian casino. The operator is reportedly in prison for making threats against the player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Beijinger, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC)<\/strong> has called for a speedy investigation into the matter. It warned that no one is above the law and that disinformation and defamation will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chinese table tennis star Zhang Jike was alleged to have used private videos of an ex-girlfriend to repay a gambling debt.<\/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":"Chinese Olympic table tennis gold medalist Zhang Jike is embroiled in allegations of using private videos of an ex-girlfriend to settle a RMB5m (US$730,000) gambling debt incurred at a Cambodian casino with a Guangdong-based junket operator. While Zhang denies the claims and has not been formally accused, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC) has called for a swift investigation, emphasizing legal accountability and condemning disinformation.","focusai_entities":"Zhang Jike, Jing Tian, Li Weiao, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC), Guangdong-based junket operator","focusai_location":"China, Cambodia, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CPLC Investigation Scope","query":"What specific regulatory and enforcement actions is the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC) likely to pursue in response to these allegations, particularly concerning the cross-border nature of the gambling debt and the junket operator's activities?"},{"label":"Junket Operator Implications","query":"How might this high-profile case impact the operational landscape and regulatory scrutiny of junket operators, especially those facilitating high-stakes gambling for Chinese nationals in offshore jurisdictions like Cambodia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777004186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004186","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=777004186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004210,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004186\/revisions\/777004210"}],"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=777004186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}