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Chinese gambling website suspect arrested at Bangkok convenience store
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Thai immigration police arrested a Chinese man wanted in China over an online football gambling operation at a convenience store in Bangkok on November 12, following five days of surveillance at his luxury condominium.
Key facts
- Thai immigration police arrested a Chinese man wanted in China over an online football gambling operation at a convenience store in Bangkok on November 12, following five days of surveillance at his luxury condominium.
- Officers from Immigration Division 1 detained the man, identified only as 41 year old Liu, in the Sukhumvit-Ekkamai area
- During questioning, he told Thai police that the platform had more than 4,000 user accounts, with over 50 billion baht circulating through the operation.
- Immigration officers arrested 14 people, including Chinese, Thai and Myanmar nationals , at a luxury house
Summary
Officers from Immigration Division 1 detained the man, identified only as 41 year old Liu, in the Sukhumvit-Ekkamai area. Police said he rarely left his condominium but occasionally visited the convenience store to buy food and other necessities.
The arrest followed information from the Chinese Embassy, which was passed to the Immigration Bureau through the Royal Thai Police Foreign Affairs Division.