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China – Crown’s detained employees now officially charged
By Phil - 14 June 2017
Crown Resorts’ detained members of staff have now been officially charged with illegally promoting casino gambling in mainland China.
The Australian casino operator confirmed that 15 employees have had their cases referred to Shanghai’s Baoshan district court.
In a statement Crown said: “Crown announced that all its detained employees in China as well as those employees released on bail have now been charged with offences related to the promotion of gambling and their cases have been referred to the Baoshan District Court. As the matter is now before the court, no further comments will be made.
The members of staff consist of a Malaysian, a number of Chinese nationals and three Australians, including senior Crown executive Jason O’Connor.
They were arrested eight months ago following raids in four cities.
Crown has since pulled out of its Joint venture Project in Macau with Melco, who has since rebranded its Macau division to Melco Resorts.
