Hong Kong Constable Among 48 Defendants in Court on Gambling Charges

A Hong Kong police officer was ane of 48 defendants brought before a local court of justice Monday on illegal gaming charges. Authorities allege he co-operated the illegal gaming marijuana cigarette and provided salamander games.

Ng Hin Fung, 29, is charged with two counts: operating a gaming ecesis and knowingly allowing a prohibited public assemblage to submit place. The sec burden relates to wellness safeguards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If convicted on the gaming charge, he could human face a two-year prison house full term and be forced to pay a HK$5 1000000 (US$641,613) fine.

If convicted on the public assemblage charge, he faces sextuplet months imprisonment and a HK$25,000 (US $3,208) fine.

The police officer’s showcase was continued to Oct. 11 inwards Kowloon City Court. He was released after posting HK$10,000 (US$1,283) bail.

Two other defendants also human face charges for allegedly operating the gaming space. They are: Kong Wing Sum, 29, and Wong Chun Long, 24, according to the South mainland China Morning Post.

Officer Suspended from Job

The ship's officer has been suspended from his constable’s job, the Morning Post said. He worked at the Cheung Sha Wan Police Station.

In total, 36 men and 12 women were supercharged next an April 10 raid of a 1,600 square-foot infinite inwards the Selwyn Factory Building inward the heavily-populated Kwun Tong neighborhood, the Morning Post said.

Poker games took station inward the commercial message infinite between March 27 and April 8, constabulary allege. Ng provided Texas make ‘em stove poker games.

Four poker game tables were discovered inner the gambling functioning during the raid. Police seized about HK$600,000 (US$77,182) inwards immediate payment and gaming chips. Also found were 20 decks of cards and miscellaneous gaming paraphernalia.

Among those charged was the play den’s likely manager and four possible dealers. They are veneer an assisting inward managing a gambling validation charge. Many of the other suspects were players at the play den.

They ranged in eld 'tween 18 and 54. Most are inwards their 20s. Among them are students, a forge designer, white-collar workers, as advantageously as some people who are unemployed, the Morning Post said.

Several defendants already entered hangdog pleas inwards the cases against them. Principal Magistrate Ada Yim Shun Yee fined from each one of 21 defendants HK$1,000 (US$128). Sentences were delayed on some other suspects.

Prior Gambling Raids

Also inwards April, Hong Kong police force apprehended 29 suspects in a arcsecond gambling raid.

Earlier, in December, a constabulary bust of a suspected sumptuousness gambling casino led to 16 arrests. Authorities also seized some HK$24 jillion (US$3 million) worth of chips, HK$215,000 (US $27,711) in currency, and 200 sets of playing cards from the operation.

Those apprehended included 11 suspects described as in high spirits rollers. They were arrested at a opulence flat composite inward the Tsim Sha Tsui retail district, the Morning Post said.

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