{"id":777017271,"date":"2024-07-16T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T12:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017271"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:09:25","slug":"police-arrest-man-for-threatening-to-blow-up-macau-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/police-arrest-man-for-threatening-to-blow-up-macau-casino","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man for threatening to blow up Macau casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The man had reportedly lost money at the casino in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Judiciary Police have arrested a mainland Chinese man, identified as Zhao, after he attempted to hold up a casino in Macau by claiming that he had an explosive device. The man is believed to have lost money at the casino in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man had approached the cashier&#8217;s counter with a bag in his hand and demanded HK$2m, threatening to set off an explosive device if he did not receive it. Staff alerted the casino&#8217;s security team. One guard was injured as the man tried to escape. The suspected explosive device turned out to be a power bank. The suspect is facing robbery and injury charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/morgan-stanley-says-money-exchange-crackdown-could-impact-macau-casino-ebitda\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morgan Stanley says money exchange crackdown could impact Macau casino EBITDA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man had reportedly lost money at the casino in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A mainland Chinese man, identified as Zhao, was arrested in Macau after attempting to rob a casino, claiming he had an explosive device. The suspect, who had previously incurred losses at the casino, demanded HK$2m before being apprehended by security, resulting in one guard's injury. The alleged explosive was later identified as a power bank, and Zhao faces robbery and injury charges.","focusai_entities":"Zhao, Judiciary Police, Morgan Stanley","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Security Protocols?","query":"What immediate enhancements to physical security protocols and staff training are being implemented by Macau casino operators following this attempted robbery to mitigate future operational risks?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Review?","query":"How might Macau's gaming regulator reassess security compliance and governance frameworks for licensed casinos in light of this incident, potentially impacting B2C licensing conditions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777017271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017271","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=777017271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017311,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017271\/revisions\/777017311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}