The 123 men and 50 women were sent home to Thailand after talks between officials of the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cambodia.- Local authorities arrested 173 Thai nationals in an online gambling<\/a><\/em><\/strong> shop in Poipet, Cambodia<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. They were caught while they were gambling in a shopping near the Donaco\u2019s Star Vegas Casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 123 men and 50 women were sent home to Thailand after talks between officials of the two countries. Four military buses picked them up at the Thai-Cambodian Friendship Bridge and then released them to their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the raid, police found gambling gear,\u00a0 ten computers and mobile phones. Police chief Ath Khem explained that he had carried out the operation with specialists from the General Department of Immigration.\u00a0 There is a big dispute between Donaco and Thai vendors. The initial agreement between the two parts so that the Thau can operate next to the Star Vegas expired in 2017. They didn\u2019t sign other agreement and this ended in a legal battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a circular in August this year to take action against online gambling after he learnt that some foreign criminals had used it as a means to extort money from victims at home and abroad. The 123 men and 50 women were sent home to Thailand after talks between officials of the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian authorities arrested 173 Thai nationals involved in an online gambling operation in Poipet, near Donaco's Star Vegas Casino, subsequently repatriating them. This enforcement action follows Prime Minister Hun Sen's directive to crack down on online gambling due to its association with criminal activities. The article also notes an ongoing legal dispute between Donaco and Thai vendors over an expired operational agreement.","focusai_entities":"Donaco, Star Vegas Casino, Ath Khem, General Department of Immigration, Hun Sen","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Poipet, Thailand, Thai-Cambodian Friendship Bridge","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Donaco's Operations?","query":"What is the projected financial and operational impact of Cambodia's online gambling crackdown and the ongoing legal dispute with Thai vendors on Donaco's regional strategy and asset valuation?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How will Cambodia's intensified enforcement against online gambling influence the development of its future iGaming regulatory framework, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing and responsible gambling mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,439,16333],"tags":[96,30,229],"class_list":["post-935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-asia","tag-cambodia","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":949,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cPlease ask specialists from the General Department of Immigration because we don\u2019t have the report on the case. I don\u2019t know how further procedures will be implemented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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