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REFILE-Cambodia to ban online gambling, cites threat to social order

Published 08/18/2019, 05:39 PM
REFILE-Cambodia to ban online gambling, cites threat to social order

(Corrects to remove extraneous word in the 1st paragraph)
PHNOM PENH, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Cambodia said on Sunday it is
banning online gambling, which helped propel a wave of Chinese
investment in casinos in the country, saying that the industry
had been used by foreign criminals to extort money.
The southern coastal city of Sihanoukville has emerged as a
particular centre for gambling and many of the dozens of
Chinese-run casinos that have sprung up there have online
gambling operations.
"The Royal Government of Cambodia will stop the issuance of
online gambling policy and licenses, both within and outside of
the Kingdom of Cambodia, from the date of signing this
directive," said a directive signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
"Some foreign criminals have taken refuge in the form of
this gambling to cheat and extort money from victims, domestic
and abroad, which affect the security, public order and social
order," the directive said.
China is Cambodia's close ally, its biggest donor and
investor . It has also been trying to crack down on cross-border
gambling, criticising operations in the Philippines that are
similar to those in Cambodia. L4N2542VI

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