Apparently that is wrong in HK, and they should not have done that. What they should have done was either a) take the ferry to Macau, “the Vegas of Asia,” or b) done some horse betting, which is cool with the authorities.
New Zealand national Michael Tan Boon Suan and seven others have been charged with gambling in a gaming establishment, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. If this is their first offense, they face a maximum penalty of three months in jail and a fine of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars ($1,300). Police officers seized more than HK$3 million in cash at the game, the report said. The 42-year-old banker is a licensed securities trader and corporate finance adviser for Merrill Lynch, according to records posted on the website of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission. Among the other defendants are another banker, two investment consultants, two company directors, a businessman and a bank teller, according to the court documents. Two Hong Kong women and two Nepalese women all in their 20s were charged with either operating or managing the venue where the illegal game took place.
Why where they associating with that retail bank teller filth? A:so, what bank teller has that money to blow? UBS?
Thats pocket change to a Primerica analyst.
where are the clients’ poker games?
Only for @3 from the openning bell nazi. Obama is an anti business socialist who is the biggest populist in power in ages.
Your move sweetness.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qST5eVLudrQ&feature=youtube_gdata
…ALL THE WHILE!!…..
In Soviet Russia, the river card turns YOU
- Not the usual Soviet Russia guy, but trying it out
“bank teller” = ladyboy
@3 SFW?
-SEC
So I’m sitting cutoff with a small pair and 3 callers in front of me and decide to limp in after another kettel rocks from that hot piece of nepalese prime – next thing I know I’ve got an AK in my face and the prospects of a gutshot are all too real. God damn you Kenny Rogers.
-T. Boon Suan
T. Boone Pickens once asked me if I had a game in the back. I called him a pervert and punched him in the face. True story.
Bartender at a certain tavern
Eh, sorry bad link @5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qST5eVLudrQ&feature=youtube_gdata
I said you’re an asshole, Tan Boon Suan. What are you staying in
with seven deuce suited? With a fucking rainbow rag flop! Take the fucking chips. I’m going to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
In Soviet Russia, em’ hold texas
wellz.. saw this news on newspaper 2 weeks ago in Hong Kong, but never know they were ran by Merrill people. These bankers opened the facility as a “private club” and alcohol are served inside (in which they got a valid liquor license). Members need to pay membership fee to join the “club”. The hosts hired a bunch of hot girls as dealers (the newspaper showed some pictures), and took commissions after each game. Here is the problem, the host never applied for gambling license for that facility.
nice @7, 14
- Guy for whom the Soviet Russia thing never gets old
@14
Less bad than @7, but you’re still drawing dead
In Soviet Russia, @14 criticizes anal_yst!
-14
FACT: Prostitution is LEGAL in HK and poker is NOT, something seems to be wrong in this equation, the fact that it is true would be one…
@19 FACT: Poker is not a victimless crime.
Poker? I destroyed the firm and got away scott fuckin’ free!
The law on poker in Hong Kong is quite confusing. If this was a private game they should all be OK, so I don’t know why they would be arrested. Was there any allegation that anyone cheated at the game? Most bankers play poker anyhow, so why not arrest them all then???
@11…both hilarious and funny…and jealous
hilarious.
It sounds like someone might have set this up for the raid to occur. Has anyone thought how the authorities were alerted about such an activity occurring? Was someone within the group a member of the squad? One needs to inquire what the real underlying motive was for undertaking such a raid.
Were they conducting this in a public facility or were they having a private game among friends? One needs to look beyond the raid for the real motive and perhaps that is where I believe negotiations need to occur. If is their first offense, they need to be fined appropriately, not record a conviction but be released on a 2-3 years good behavior bond as a condition of their release. These bankers” livelihood and that of their immediate families depend on their ability to continue with their ability earn.A conviction recorded would cause immense difficulties including the possibility of their employers releasing them permanently. Their careers depend very much on the court’s ability to take all circumstances into consideration and to release them on a good behaviour bond withoout a conviction. The media publicity has already caused them immense stress and personal embarrassment to them and their families.
It is appreciated that the laws of the land needs to be upheld and adhered to, but a conviction or imprisonment can cause immense damage. The sooner this matter is dealt with the better for all concerned.