{"id":3782,"date":"2019-02-18T07:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2019-02-18T07:51:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:51:20","slug":"macau-police-investigate-suspected-murder-at-sands-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3782","title":{"rendered":"Macau Police Investigate Suspected Murder at Sands Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HONG\n KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Police in the world’s biggest gambling hub of \nMacau are investigating what they suspect is a rare murder in a \nfive-star casino resort after a Chinese man was found stabbed in his \nbed, broadcaster TDM reported on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murder\n cases have been rare in the Chinese territory since Portugal ceded \ncontrol of what had been a colonial backwater on the heel of China’s \nsouthern coast 20 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n suspected murder took place in Sands China’s Conrad Macau hotel, TDM \nreported, citing police. It comes as slower mainland growth, a weaker \nyuan and a simmering trade war with the United States threaten to derail\n Macau’s growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n 41-year-old victim, an active gambler from the mainland, had been \nstabbed. The case was being investigated and no further details were \navailable, TDM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\n police and Sands China did not respond to requests for comment. The \ncompany is controlled by U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas \nSands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\n is the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. Casino \nrevenues shrank in January for the first time in more than two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Violent\n crime in Macau has often been linked to its junket operators – the \nmiddlemen who bring China’s wealthiest to the gambling tables. Slower \ngrowth and tighter regulations have made it hard for many small junket \ncompanies to stay in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criminal\n gangs known as triads, which are known to operate in Macau, are \ntypically involved in extortion, money laundering, murder and \nprostitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Reporting by Farah Master Editing by Robert Birsel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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