mixed martial arts three lavish casino bet return to town comes up short Chairman of ONE Championship, local The fate of 13 Holdings USD1.6 Chatri Sityodtong, said the cases of billion wager is anything but assured audience will see the most dengue - and that’s causing a headache for exciting card to date fever its big-name investors P2 P3 P4

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Declaration of bullshit ardon my French, but the latest Pdraft of the so-called electoral law, already enforced, is bullshit. First, it won’t prevent me, or any me- dia, from stating my opinion on can- didates (to the universal suffrage) or predicting the outcome of the upco- ming election for a tiny wing of the Le- gislative Assembly (AL) in our midget Kairat Akhmetov (left), Chatri Sityodtong (center) and Adriano Moraes Bibiano Fernandes (left), Chatri Sityodtong (center) and Andrew Leone democracy. Anything otherwise would violate my rights of expression under the Basic Law, the general law, and the press law. But that’s not the fundamental pro- Mixed martial arts event blem. We have to look into the root of this rotten system. From the moment the Basic Law di- sallowed political parties from being to be held tomorrow formed, the system became flawed. Why? Parties by their very nature are active all the time, only observing the Lynzy Valles [and] hopefully with ONE pion Kairat Akhmetov will his back on the floor.” rules of promotional equality during an Championship coming take on fellow Interim Tomorrow’s event also electoral campaign. NE Championship is back again and again, ho- Flyweight World Cham- marks Jomary Torres’ de- This regrettable state of affairs is ag- Oback in Macau for the pefully we’d be able to re- pion Adriano Moraes. but at the Cotai Arena. gravated under the current electoral ru- second time to present the vive the tourism,” he told 29-year-old Akhmetov Philippines-born les because, apparently, candidates can event “ONE: Kings & Con- the press. is in high spirits over the atomweight prospect Tor- only advertise their ideas and platforms querors” tomorrow at The Fernandes, 27, pledged upcoming show, which he res, who is competing out- during the campaign and will be penali- Venetian Macao. that he would not rest on said will be “huge.” side her home turf for the zed for doing so from the moment they The upcoming mixed his laurels and would ins- “I have worked hard. The first time, said that she announced and formalized this week martial arts event is said to tead seek to continually most important thing for would do anything to beat their bids to run for the meagre 14 seats be its most exciting card to improve his techniques. both of us is being in per- her opponent Rika Ishige, (of 33) of the legislative chambers. date. ONE Bantamweight The Brazilian fighter fect condition, and avoi- a Thai WMMA pioneer. It’s absurd; and apparently nobody in World Champion Bibiano added that he is looking ding injuries or sickness so “Even if this is my first the government cares to think about Fernandes – the longest- forward to facing Leone. that we can show a real war time fighting at ONE, I’ll correcting this abnormality. On the reigning champion in ONE “I am never the best. I to the public,” he said. do my best to win. […] I’m contrary: they want total control. Championship history – always have something to Akhmetov had previous- quite nervous but I will do It is a shame that our all-mighty ad- will take on top contender improve. The moment I ly sustained a back injury my best for the Philippi- ministration wants and dares to control Andrew Leone. think I am the best in the while training in New Me- nes,” she said. the ballot of this mere perspiration of Chairman and CEO of world is the moment I fall. xico, which nearly ended Sityodtong pledged that democracy and, therefore, the conse- ONE Championship Cha- The moment I think I can his career. his organization would quent legislature. They should be sea- tri Sityodtong said the au- do better for myself, I set Coming back from the present only Asia’s best fi- ted waiting for the popular verdict. dience would see an exci- out to be a positive person edge of retirement, the ghters. Even more so because their positions ting fight this weekend. and always seek to impro- Kazakhstan fighter said, “I According to him, the or- are unchallenged and the establishment “They are unbelievable fi- ve,” he stated. am hungry and longing for ganization aims to show- is well shielded by the “indirectly-elec- ghters, literally [from] the “I am excited to defend a fight. I feel great. I have case “the beauty of the [fi- ted” and the appointed members of the best martial arts [cham- my title once more against been looking forward to it ghters’’] art, personalities AL. Yet they show a great deal of an- pionships] in the planet. I a worthy challenger. I look for a long time.” and life stories.” xiety over a few seats in a “parliament” believe that fans will have forward to facing […] An- The Interim Flyweight The championship recor- where the universally-elected legisla- a very good time. This is drew Leone in the cage.” World Champion said the ded a solid TV viewership tors have no power whatsoever to deci- absolutely exciting stuff,” New Yorker Leone will match is not just about a and social media following de over the destiny of the city. Why the he said on the sidelines of face Fernandes tomorrow championship, as he con- during the first half of the anxiety, then?! the press conference held night – his first bout in al- sidered the fight a “big year. Sityodtong has re- I suspect the anxiety derives directly yesterday. most 18 months. dream.” marked that the numbers from the fear that the election may be- As this is the mixed mar- “I am undefeated in the “It is just a big fight, be- are growing even faster come overly popular, so much that it tial arts organization’s se- ONE Championship cage, cause I have never in my than planned. would threaten the status quo. Wrong cond time hosting a fight and I plan to keep my re- career fought against the “I believe next year it [will assumption. While this opaque system in the gambling hub, Si- cord like that. It is all about same guy twice. This is the be] multiple billion. Why is persists, there will be no massive tur- tyodtong described Macau winning fights, not losing first time. For me, it is more that? Because Asia is mas- nout to the voting booths. Nobody be- as “one of the iconic enter- fights. After I win the wor- exciting for this to happen. sive. There are billions of lieves it will matter. Nobody believes tainment capitals of Asia.” ld title, I plan on defending The loss has given me too people here,” he stressed. their vote could matter. “It was always [going to] it many times, and staying much in terms of learning “We’re really focusing on However irrelevant the election may be one of the places that in ONE until the end of my and growth,” he said. unleashing heroes [and] I be, and just because, I’ll be declaring we’d come. […] The sky is career,” said Fernandes. Moraes also described think the numbers will im- my vote closer to the polls. the limit here. Macau has A new division champion his opponent as an unde- prove and the number of Will I be arrested for stating my opi- taken a hit in recent ti- will also be crowned in to- feated fighter, “a wrestler events will go up, and the nion?! mes in terms of gambling morrow’s co-headliner. who has a good ground quality will be bigger and activities and tourism Flyweight World Cham- game and skills but with better.”

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CTM alerts Health citizens over Three local cases of fraudulent e-mails dengue fever confirmed he Health Bu- and Licensing Chief, Fong ustomers from stated that it will conti- reau (SSM) an- Vai Seng, said that the go- Clocal telecommu- nue to monitor any sus- nounced yester- vernment’s extensive an- nications company, picious emails. CTM ur- day that three ti-dengue efforts include CTM, reported receiving ges customers to refrain Tcases of dengue fever had joint efforts to kill mos- emails about a service from disclosing personal been contracted in Macau. quitoes at 180 locations in upgrade which reques- information through The SSM and Civic and Macau – including parks ted for personal infor- telephone or internet, Municipal Affairs Bureau and public areas – and mation. CTM confirmed to avoid clicking on the (IACM) held a joint press campaigns to raise public that these emails were hyperlink in the suspi- conference yesterday to awareness of the breakout fraudulent and were not cious email, and to re- alert citizens of the spread of dengue fever in Macau. sent by the company. frain from browsing on of dengue and educate the Fong added that IACM According to a press any unknown website. public on preventive mea- had held one such activi- release from CTM, the CTM further added sures. ty on May 20 at Iao Hon company has taken that the company would The patients were a confirmed that the patien- the area to be aware of Park, featuring games and immediate actions to not normally ask custo- 68-year-old husband and ts had all been infected in the dengue fever infection lucky draws for citizens to identify the sender and mers to provide perso- his 58-year-old wife, as the same area of Macau. and to adopt anti-mosqui- participate. block the emails from nal information such as well as a 60-year-old man. SSM has carried out to measures,” Lei stated. IACM will also hold talks dissemination. All of the their ID number, user All three lived in the same measures to chemically “Mosquitoes with dengue for citizens to spread awa- fraudulent emails were ID, password and ac- building at Rua da Praia eliminate mosquitoes, but breed in stagnant water reness of dengue fever, sent from the same IP count number over te- do Manduco. Lei encouraged citizens to that can be found in old and urged citizens to carry address. The matter has lephone or email. The The patients were admi- actively prevent stagnant tires or lunchboxes thrown out their own preventive also been reported to the telecom company urged tted to Kiang Wu Hospital water from accumulating, in the trash. The heat and measures. Judiciary Police. customers to stay alert to at the end of July and were as the government can heavy rain this year adds SSM noted that there The subject of the said any deceptive emails and diagnosed with dengue fe- only do so much to kill to the ideal environment have been six suspected email states, “to avoid phone calls, adding that ver. Their conditions are mosquitoes. for mosquitoes to breed,” cases of dengue fever this email service interrup- any suspicious email now stable. “The government has he added. year in Macau, three of tion, macau.ctm.net should be ignored and At the press conference, made efforts to inform IACM’s Department of which have been confir- servicer upgrade.” CTM deleted immediately. SSM director Lei Chin Ion the local community in Environment, Hygiene med.

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gaming tables, has fallen through amid tightening restrictions in the gaming hub, according to people Lavish casino bet comes up familiar with the matter. A Melco spokeswoman said the company, one of six current casino opera- short for Wall Street investors tors in Macau, is currently focu- sed on its own operations. Already, casino hotels have been Daniela Wei, Robert Olsen cutting rates as more supply beco- mes available, and VIP gamblers t’s due to feature USD1,500-a- typically prefer to stay where they bloomberg Inight French Baroque suites can play, said Margaret Huang, a with marble Roman baths for Bloomberg Intelligence gaming eight, and 30 custom red Rolls and hotels analyst. Royces to squire around its guests “If the property operates as a - all part of what’s promised to be standalone hotel, it may be diffi- the world’s most luxurious casino cult to justify room rates to match and hotel aimed at China’s ultra its high-end focus,” she said. “Wi- rich. thout a casino, it would be nearly Yet The 13 Hotel stands empty impossible to have gamblers book in a sleepy corner of Macau whi- rooms separately with them.” le its owners seek more cash and Macau’s government tourism the necessary permits to operate office, which is responsible for - not to mention an elusive licen- issuing hotel-related licenses, se to open a casino. After missing said 13 Holdings’ license appli- a crucial creditor’s deadline this cations “are still being proces- week, the red tower standing a sed” and that it hasn’t received short drive from the Cotai Strip an application for inspection remains blocked by construction from The 13 Hotel, which should materials, with no plans to open be made when the hotel is ready until late this year. to open. The fate of 13 Holdings Ltd.’s With Macau’s government en- $1.6 billion wager is anything but couraging entertainment opera- assured - and that’s causing a hea- tors to shift away from a focus on dache for its big-name investors, VIP gambling to develop the city including Janus Capital Group more broadly with non-gaming Inc., Fidelity International Ltd., attractions, S&P Global Ratings Omega Advisors Inc., the Ontario analyst Sophie Lin said it’s now Teachers’ Pension Plan and Steve “more difficult, if not impossible, Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors, helm: the flamboyant and wil- which built Hong Kong’s Mid-Le- aftermath of the anti-ostentation for new casinos to obtain” appro- who all took sizable stakes in the d-suit-wearing former co-head vels escalator and Cross-Harbour campaign, and it’s a wonder they val to operate. The ratings agency company after the project was of Asian investment banking at Tunnel, along with hotels and never revised their business plan predicts “a material deceleration announced in November 2012. Merrill Lynch some 25 years ago, office towers including Cheung and structure when they still had of the VIP gaming revenue grow- While some benefited from a ne- Stephen Hung, who’d married Kong Center, generating HKD7 the opportunity to do so.” th in the second half of 2017,” gotiated price of HKD0.68 a sha- a Mexican former model with a billion revenue annually. Despite several share place- she said - despite an ongoing re- re through a placement, all have resemblance to Audrey Hepburn But 13 Holdings is now facing ments to raise money as well as bound in Macau’s overall casino watched the stock price dive 92 and frequent appearances on a far more challenging environ- a number of loans, 13 Holdings revenue. percent from its 2013 high to just Hong Kong’s social scene - often ment. China’s crackdown on cor- faces a funding shortfall of about After 13 Holdings latest earnin- barely above penny-stock status. dressed in striking red, and riding ruption scared away Macau’s VIPs $400 million, according to people gs report, a company controlled “Some of the original investors in a hot pink Rolls Royce with the and sent casino revenue into a familiar with the matter. by Charles Chan purchased Paul had already taken haircuts to exit license plate “Deborah.” slump starting in 2014. As its cash The bulk of assets, including Y. Engineering, the company’s the project, and they were the Hung at first named the com- trouble became apparent earlier the 30 custom Rolls Royce Phan- main revenue-generating asset. fortunate ones,” said Ben Lee, pany Louis XIII Holdings Ltd., this year, 13 Holdings announced toms acquired in 2014 for $20 Nicknamed the King of Shell a Macau-based managing part- evoking the French king’s ornate it would sell its 52 percent stake in million in the largest single com- Companies by the Hong Kong ner at Asian gaming consultancy splendor, and talked about re- Paul Y. Engineering to a business mission in Rolls Royce history, media, Chan had previously been IGamiX. “The project needs more creating the Palace of Versailles partner for just HKD300 million, have been pledged to creditors, the majority shareholder of 13 equity, as they are already up to on Macau’s Cotai Strip, featuring a roughly 35 percent discount on who’ve extended about HKD4.5 Holdings’ predecessor and conti- their leverage ceiling, and future 200 “villa” rooms with private the book value, according to the billion. Some HKD3 billion of nues to control a 16 percent stake. fundraising will only continue to elevators, Baroque-style furni- company - to raise money to buy that is said to be owed to China’s Chan’s ITC Properties Group Ltd. dilute the shareholding.” ture, velvet-canopied beds and furniture and fixtures and pay Bank of Communications Co., declined to comment on the tran- Ontario Teachers sold its stake 24-hour butler service. The top- other expenses for the hotel. which had given the hotel until saction. in February; a spokesman decli- level VIP suite would cost more July 31 to open as a condition of Shares have slumped 58 percent ned to comment on the invest- than HKD1 million a night. At the loan. BoCom declined to com- to a low of HKD0.78 in the two ment. Cohen’s SAC had bought an big gala dinners for potential in- ment on the lending. 13 Holdings weeks after the company annou- 8.8 percent stake in the company vestors, Hung spoke of cashing in has yet to update investors on ne- nced the asset sale as investors di- in January 2013; Point72 Asset on Macau’s status as the biggest Some of gotiations with another lender to gested the news. 13 Holdings dro- Management, which took over gambling hub in the world, able extend a July 12 maturity on a se- pped as much as about 4 percent SAC’s assets in 2014, declined to to draw billions of dollars from the original parate HKD300 million loan. The Wednesday in Hong Kong. comment on the holding. Spokes- China’s wealthy. investors had hotel was originally due to open in Those in the industry are wat- men for Janus and Fidelity also “It was very glamorous, gave a 2016. ching whether Chan will take over declined to comment. Omega’s good impression about the future already taken Meanwhile, Hung, whose tit- 13 Holdings as well, said IGa- founder Leon Cooperman also hotel, about the future of the com- le is executive director and joint miX’s Lee. Another option would declined to discuss the company’s pany, as Stephen Hung is a very haircuts to exit chairman, has received HK$51.7 be to sell to an existing gambling 17 percent holding except to reply stylish, outstanding person,” said million in payments over last operator with a license in Macau. in an email that it’s “a very small Dickie Wong, executive director the project, and five years from 13 Holdings, whi- Or simply open, enlist a casino position for the firm.” of research at Kingston Securities they were the ch also paid HKD2 billion for partner and hope for revenue, Lee A spokeswoman for 13 Holdings Ltd., who attended such a dinner the land the hotel is built on to a said. confirmed it’s still seeking ope- and noted Hung’s impeccably fortunate ones. company owned by his son. Hung “People might have been very rating licenses, is in the final sta- matched clothes and that he tra- wasn’t available for an interview, bullish because in the past, some ges of completing the hotel, and vels in a Rolls Royce. “He gives Ben Lee according to the company. of the Macau gaming companies planned to open by the end of the the impression that he can build IGamiX managing partner More than four years after the also started from scratch in the year. She declined to comment on a very luxurious hotel because he project began pulling in investors, beginning and became large,” the company’s financial situation, has the idea, and he has the clien- “This hotel was exceptional in 13 Holdings has yet to attain a said Kingston Securities’ Wong. debt obligations or likelihood of tele base.” that it was positioned in the ul- gaming license. A tentative part- “There’s nothing you can do for being able to open a casino. Investors also counted on 13 tra-stratospheric segment,” said nership with Melco Resorts & En- long-term investors who invested Back in 2013, Wall Street inves- Holdings’ majority ownership of IGamiX’s Lee. “That market seg- tertainment Ltd. that would have a couple of years ago. They can tors saw one of their own at the Paul Y. Engineering Group Ltd., ment has long disappeared in the enabled 13 Holdings to operate only wait and see.” Bloomberg fri 04.08.2017

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Al Plenary “[lacked] substantive results regarding the renovation of Macau’s old areas, which leads everyone to be ‘mentally unba- lanced’.” Iao Hon hygiene situation Chan Iek Lap questioned whether IACM can contact the neighborhood directly to im- prove their community’s hy- draws lawmakers’ attention giene. “Macau has already recor- Julie Zhu ld be renovated, and if there ded three cases of dengue fe- were plans in place. ver infection […] It will not be ygiene issues “I don’t have a timetable, and a surprise if there is a dengue concerning the Iao we are also not making such fever outbreak at any time. Hon district were [a] plan,” replied Raimundo. We should consider improving discussed yesterday During the lawmakers’ in- our citizens’ obligations and Hat the Legislative Assembly quiry session, Mak Soi Kun paying [more] attention to the (AL) plenary meeting, with the noted that “if you [the gover- environment,” said Chan. government noting that it does nment] do not establish laws Kou Hoi In, Ma Chi Seng, Au not have a detailed schedule for mandatory building ins- Kam San, and Ng Kuok Cheong for the area’s renovation. pection, you [the government] spoke out on the renovation of Lawmaker Zheng Anting can’t solve this problem. It [rai- old areas and the hygiene si- pointed out that the environ- ses] an issue: you do not know tuation at Iao Hon. mental conditions of the Iao about the renovation time [at In his reply to all lawmakers’ Hon area has seriously affec- Iao Hon]. However, if you don’t inquiries, Raimundo said that ted the health and safety of the solve these problems in a short “the topic [of renovation] is neighborhood. time, it becomes ironic, [becau- not easy to solve, because if it Zheng questioned the Secre- se] Macau is so rich.” were, it would have been sol- tary for Transport and Public Leong Veng Chai said that Iao ved a long time ago.” Works, Raimundo do Rosário, Hon’s hygiene situation “will The Secretary said that he about practical and feasible ties at the Iao Hon area, and have been found in several lo- need a bit longer until it can visited the Mercado de S. Lou- measures which his depart- that it has distributed publicity cations. be solved” and proposed that renço area and claimed, “even ment will take to resolve Iao materials in many languages Zheng criticized Lo’s respon- multiple government depart- I did not like what I saw.” Hon’s hygiene problems, and to improve the neighborhood’s se for failing to set a concrete ments cooperate to clean up However, Raimundo conti- the government’s schedule for awareness of hygiene. timeline and demonstrating a the Iao Hon area. nued, the government should renovating the area. Lo said that IACM will con- complacent attitude, which he Si Ka Lon added that Macau not be the main party respon- Replying to Zheng, the Civic duct remediation works at Ma- denounced as portraying the must pass proper legislation sible for solving the area’s hy- and Municipal Affairs Bureau cau’s markets and streets for problems as though they were on urban renewal, lest the city giene problems. (IACM) representative, Lo Chi the rest of the year, and added already resolved. face lengthy renovation works. “[The issues] should be dis- Kin, said that the bureau regu- that the Health Bureau (SSM) Zheng said he wanted to know Ho Ion Sang also noted that cussed by the building’s ow- larly conducts cleaning activi- has confirmed that trash piles whether the Iao Hon area cou- in recent years, Macau has ners,” said Raimundo.

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Policy Research De- many occasions, that if the feasible plans soon, and Apartment representa- Macau government desig- that the investigation has tive stated during yester- ns convincing plans [re- benefited from positive day’s AL plenary meeting garding the sea area], then feedback. that the “related ministry the central government “We are conducting the- had made it clear that will absolutely support se three studies because [Macau] better not consi- them,” explained Mi. the central government der the reclamation of the Currently, Macau is still said that even though [the 85-square-kilometer sea subject to a moratorium sea area Macau intends to area.” on fishing. Mi noted that use] exceeds 85 km2, [the The information was the department is conduc- central government] will revealed by the depart- ting a basic investigation support Macau, as long as ment’s representative, on the 85 km2 sea area, [Macau] presents [good] Chief Advisor Mi Jian, in and that preliminary re- reasons,” said Mi. reply to lawmaker Si Ka search results might be Mi also pointed out that Lon, who had asked if Ma- ready when the morato- it is difficult for the de- cau would seek permis- rium ends. According to partment to conduct the sion from the central go- Mi, the department will investigation and create vernment to reclaim more draft more specific plans a plan to develop the sea sea for the construction of for Macau’s future deve- area. This is due to its li- “a new Macau.” lopment, taking the area mitations in terms of na- The department’s repre- into consideration. tural conditions Macau’s sentative told Si that “the In total, there are three existing facilities in the society has already agreed areas of investigation: the vicinity, reclamation ma- that Macau’s future deve- first concerning the waters terial restrictions, and the lopment must be on sea.” near the Macau Peninsu- State’s sea policies. “[I will] make an expla- la; the second concerning “The central government nation: although the cen- the 85 km2 sea area and is very strict regarding sea tral government granted its vicinity; and the third reclamations,” said Mi. Mi the Macau administration concerning the 300 km2 gave the example of a re- rights over 85 square ki- sea area near the neighbo- cent project in Hainan that lometers of sea area, that ring 85 km2 region. involved an investment of does not mean it can all be Regarding the first in- RMB108.8 billion, which used for land expansion. vestigation into the Macau was put on hold because […] It [the related minis- peninsula, Mi said that the of China’s restrictive sea try] said repeatedly, on department is hoping for policy. JZ 04.08.2017 fri

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and hotel on the state’s Gold Coast. Star’s developments are sche- Sydney casino war battle lines duled to be completed by about 2022, after which the propor- tion of its revenue from tourists could climb to at least 10 per- redrawn amid China crackdown cent from less than 3 percent now, Bekier said. International high rollers generate less than Angus Whitley 30 percent of Star’s revenue and 16 percent of earnings be- n the shores of Sy- fore interest, tax, depreciation dney harbor, Crown bloomberg and amortization, the company Resorts Ltd. and Star said last year. Entertainment Group The company, which once re- OLtd. are creating the most opu- lied on China for almost all its lent gambling resorts Australia high-roller income, now aims has ever seen, in a AUD3 billion to generate half of it from other (USD2.4 billion) battle of roof- Asian nations. top pools, private gaming rooms Crown announced its plans for and fine dining. the new Sydney resort in 2012, In the city’s first casino war, promising 350 hotel rooms and billionaire James Packer’s suites. Also on offer: three bars, Crown is racing to build a AUD2 five restaurants and an infinity billion six-star hotel and casino pool on the roof. Unlike Star, by 2021 on prime real estate on the resort won’t run slot machi- the banks of a protected inlet nes, making classic table games west of the Sydney Harbour Bri- the key battle ground in the fi- dge. Star, which loses its mono- ght for customers. poly in 2019, is pushing on with Minimum bets at Crown’s new AUD1 billion of upgrades just a Sydney casino will be AUD30 few hundred meters across the for baccarat, AUD20 for black- water. jack and AUD25 for roulette. Packer originally won support More accessible to a wider pool for the new casino at Baran- of players because of the lower garoo with a pledge to attract stakes, such tables can also be mega-rich Chinese high rollers. more profitable than high-roller But the crackdown on promo- operations. Casino owners typi- ting gambling in mainland Chi- cally lavish those VIPs with ex- na has moved the battle lines, pensive extras such as private and now Crown looks set on a jets, access to luxury yachts or collision course to compete with other exclusive experiences. Star for less wealthy blackjack, Crown’s new resort in Sydney poker and baccarat players. will draw business away from The prize for Australia’s lea- its flagship casino in Melbourne ding casino operators is clear: Star CEO Matt Bekier because it’s easier for overseas record flows of Chinese tourists gamblers to fly into the city, and a local population that loses in 2010 to 39 percent. banned in Macau, and provide Bekier said in an interview. said GamePlan’s Kale. more money gambling per head “Their business from Asia has favorable tax structures and po- The looming battle with Crown Once there, gamblers can play than any country in the world. been severely damaged,” said licies for gaming. kick-started refurbishments in at both resorts, meaning Star The risks are equally apparent, Roy Wheatley, CEO of gambling For Star Chief Executive Of- Sydney, as well as renovations could benefit from customers as Crown’s new site potentially consultancy Global Consulting ficer Matt Bekier, tourists and and developments along the that Crown is losing from Mel- draws customers from its Mel- & Development Pty, which has repeat business from locals are eastern seaboard costing up to bourne, according to Bekier. bourne base, and Star faces offices in Australia, Singapo- a more reliable market than an additional AUD2.85 billion. But he acknowledges it will be competition for the first time in re and Japan. “The majority of international high-stakes gam- Almost 1,000 kilometers nor- a two-way street, and at least Sydney. their revenue is from local play blers. Worldwide, there are pro- th of Sydney, Star is building a some of his customers in Syd- “They are both kind of targe- and this will be the case in Sy- bably only 1,500 ultra-big hit- gaming, hotel and retail resort ney will cross the water to the ting the same customer,” said dney.” ters comfortable betting at least in the Queensland state capi- new Crown complex. Sudhir Kale, the Gold Coast, Investors will learn the scale of $5 million at a time, he said. tal, Brisbane, with Hong Kong’s “There’s obviously going to be Australia-based founder of the fallout when Crown annou- “I don’t think we can build a Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Ltd. a novelty aspect,” he said. “The GamePlan Consultants who’s nces full-year results on Friday, business hoping to attract a cou- and Far East Consortium Inter- challenge for us will be to make worked on projects for casi- while Star reports on Aug. 23. ple of these large players every national Ltd. Star is also upgra- sure that it remains an explora- no operators including Crown. A representative for Crown now and then, hoping to win,” ding and expanding its casino tion.” Bloomberg “Barangaroo is going to basi- in Melbourne didn’t reply to cally get into the grind market emails and a call seeking com- of Star, the table-game players.” ment on whether the China The contribution to Crown and crackdown would see the com- Star from overseas high-stakes pany lean more on lower-stakes gamblers came into focus in customers than offshore high October last year when Chine- rollers. The company has pre- se authorities arrested a group viously said its Sydney project of Crown workers. A Shanghai would be successful partly be- court in June convicted 19 cur- cause it would also be attractive rent and former staff of illegally to local gamers. promoting gambling on the Sydney also faces competition mainland and handed out jail as resorts springing up across terms of as long as 10 months. Asia try to attract business from Since the crackdown, Crown China. In Japan, companies has closed almost all its regional are vying for a slice of a poten- marketing offices in Asia that tial $25 billion market after funneled big-stakes players to lawmakers legalized casinos Australia and sold out of a Ma- last December. Other operators cau casino venture. According are expanding gaming to online to Citigroup Inc., Crown’s share and phone betting, with an eye of international high-roller re- to attracting Chinese players. venue in Australia has plumme- The Philippines and Vietnam ted from more than 70 percent now allow phone betting that’s 04.08.2017 fri

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Real Estate Matters The most important questions to ask… when you are a landlord renting out a property Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having been established in 1994, JML Property offers investment property & homes. It specializes in managing properties for owners and investors, and providing attractive and comfortable homes for tenants.

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If you have not seen the earlier articles type of the property. as plumbing, walls, electrical systems on this subject, here is a brief introduc- However, if the property is rented, and so forth. tion to the series. Of course you can the property tax reverts to a straigh- As part of the initial negotiation it is a find the articles online on the Macau tforward 10 percent tax on the rental good idea to make this as clear as pos- Daily Times website. income. sible amongst both parties to avoid ar- Renting out a property can be both guments and conflicts further into the stressful and risky, especially if you Who will liaise with the tenant? contract. are unfortunate enough to encounter This depends on whether you have a a bad tenant. Property Administration or Property Who will check the tenant’s back- The trouble is, even though you own Management company to look after ground? the property you are also very busy your property for you. Tenants backgrounds should always be during the day and want to minimi- If you have engaged a company, they checked. ze the issues with this and any other will handle all liaison with the tenant. In some cases the agent conducts a ba- apartment. If not, the tenant will usually contact ckground check. However, you should If you are looking for an Agency to the owner directly. be wary if the agent is representing the lease out your property and a Property In some cases the tenant will contact tenant. This kind of mistake happens Administrator to take care of it whilst the agent who must then contact the all the time in Macau, an owner thinks it rented, it is important to do your owner. he is saving money by not paying an homework and look for an established However, whilst this seems to be con- agency fee. and professional company with strong venient for the owner, it often means In reality, he now has no-one looking systems. that the owner ends up spending more after his interests, and the downside of The list below is in no particular order, money than necessary as the agent this mistake is a huge cost to the owner and is intended as a starting point to fails to understand the nature of the either through lost revenue or delin- help identify which questions to ask. problem, and cuts corners to solve it quent payments from tenants. This week we look at questions 11-15. in the quickest way possible instead of protecting the owners interests. Can the tenant provide referen- What tax should I pay ? ces? There are two types of tax to pay in Who will look after the apart- Tenants should always provide refe- Macau. ment? rences, and in extreme cases tenants Land Tax is the standard yearly tax on The starting point for who takes care of may be asked to provide a guarantor the land upon which the property is what is reasonably clear under Macau as well. built. This tax is shared by all owners of Law. Whilst there is no such thing as a bad the properties that stand on that land, The tenant is responsible for returning reference (any reference that was un- and tends to be relatively inexpensive. the apartment in the same condition in favorable would not be shown by the Property tax is the other type of tax, which the apartment was handed over tenant), a reference gives the tenant and this itself takes on two forms; It with some fair allowance for wear and something to live up to, and if you are is charged when you are a resident of tear. unable to obtain a reference from pre- the property, and is calculated by the The landlord’s task is to look take res- vious landlords this would also be a red government according to the size and ponsibility for the infrastructure such flag of course. fri 04.08.2017

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Jakarta, Surabaya and the resort island of Bali. Two Warship helps ap photo suffered gunshot wounds to their legs while attemp- search for ting to escape. The arrests followed a tip from Chinese police. missing US National police spokesman Rikwanto said the scam- mers had operated from In- Navy sailor donesia since late last year to avoid being tracked down hina’s Defen- ducted but the sailor at home and the scam had Cse Ministry says hasn’t been found. earned about $450 million. a Chinese warship China, which Rikwanto, who goes by a is assisting the U.S. claims virtually all single name, said the sus- Navy in its search of the South Chi- pects had incriminating for a sailor who is na Sea, accused the Suspected scammers from China and Taiwan sit on the floor prior to deportation at The Regional Police information about their tar- headquarters in Jakarta missing and may U.S. in July of tres- gets and posing as Chinese have gone over- passing in its waters law enforcement officers board during ope- when the Stethem promised a clean slate in rations in the South sailed within 12 nau- exchange for money. China Sea. tical miles (32 ki- He said several Indone- The ministry said in lometers) of Triton Indonesia deports sians who helped arrange a statement yester- Island in the Paracel travel and accommodation day that the People’s Group. were arrested in Bali thou- Liberation Army The operation was gh no Indonesians were vic- Navy’s guided-mis- aimed at affirming Chinese, Taiwanese tims of the scam. sile frigate Liuzhou the right to passa- In 2015, Indonesian au- is coordinating with ge and challenging thorities arrested and de- the U.S. in the sear- what the U.S. consi- ported more than 400 ch for the sailor “in ders China’s excessi- scam suspects to PRC Taiwanese and Chinese citi- the spirit of humani- ve territorial claims zens in several major cities tarianism.” in the area. China for involvement in similar The U.S. Navy’s sent ships to inter- ndonesia yester- ral hundred million dollars. Agung Sampurno said. crimes. Pacific Fleet says the cept the destroyer. day deported more The 121 Chinese and 22 “They are part of trans-na- Taiwan, which the main- destroyer USS Ste- China has strongly than 140 Chinese and Taiwanese were handed tional organized crime who land Chinese government them reported a man objected to repea- Taiwanese to China, over to Chinese police and came to Indonesia as tou- regards as a rebel province, overboard around 9 ted freedom of na- Iwhere they are wanted for left from Jakarta’s Soekar- rists,” Sampurno said. is not recognized by Indone- a.m. Tuesday. Mul- vigation missions by impersonating police and no-Hatta International Indonesian police caught sia as a country but the two tiple searches of the the U.S. Navy in the scamming businessmen Airport on two flights, im- the mostly male suspects in have significant commercial destroyer were con- South China Sea. and politicians out of seve- migration office spokesman a weekend raid of houses in and economic ties. AP

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or someone supposed to be laundering millions of Baccarat binge helped launder the world’s biggest cyber-heist dollars in stolen funds, with investigators from Fthree countries scrambling to tra- against Ding, Gao, or the players Ding and his wife eventually shut ck the money, Ding Zhize was a with them, so Philippine police di- down those businesses. Afterward, surprisingly unhurried man. He’d dn’t make any arrests, says Sergio they bought a Macau high-rise brought a dozen or so high rollers Osmeña III, a former senator who now valued at $1 million. About from China to play in the glitzy last year was a member of the in- a half-hour drive from there, the VIP room in Metro Manila’s Solai- quiry panel. “They waited until it couple owns a four-story mansion re casino. The game was baccarat. was too late,” he says. surrounded by a koi pond, bonsai It was late February 2016—still What Ding and Gao did with the trees, and at least seven security high season for Asian casinos, loot remains unknown. That’s the cameras. The lot alone is worth thanks to the Lunar New Year ho- point, of course: You want to con- $5 million, local real estate agen- liday—and Ding had been here for ceal the money’s criminal origins ts estimate. The Dings’ wealth can days. As red-shirted dealers laid and then stir it into the rivers of also be measured by what they’ve down hand after hand, gamblers legitimate cash that course arou- lost. A police report itemizes more smoked Double Happiness ciga- nd the world every day: $60-odd than $600,000 in items stolen in a rettes and helped themselves to million here, a few million there. burglary at their home a few years an endless supply of mineral wa- It adds up. PricewaterhouseCoo- ago, including two Swiss watches, ter, lemon tea, and Hennessy XO pers LLP says money laundering HKD200,000 ($25,600) in cash, cognac. The chips they played in may total $2 trillion a year worl- and a kilo of gold. a steady stream were valid only in dwide—an amount roughly equi- USD81 million was stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank Gao, a buzz-cut 53-year-old, is that room. The most valuable ones valent to the market for online from a dusty Beijing suburb that were rectangular plaques worth shopping. Patrick Kerkels, the Swift general preparing or attempting attacks on supplies the capital with water- USD20,000. Like the money, Ding and Gao counsel, said in an emailed res- the financial sector,” South Korea’s melons and pears. He’s one of the Ding, his partner, Gao Shuhua, left the Philippines without a trace. ponse to questions. Swift’s security government-funded Financial Se- richest men in town, people in his and the gamblers in tow were pro- (Osmeña says customs authorities program, he said, “has demonstra- curity Institute said about Lazarus neighborhood say. From there, he bably betting on both the house’s have no record of the duo’s depar- bly helped to detect and even pre- and related hacking rings in July. ran an illegal casino as far back as hand and the players’ hands, trying ture.) Gone too, it seemed, was any vent successful frauds.”) What’s required in the case of a 2004, according to Chinese poli- to strike a balance between gains chance that Bangladesh, the Phili- Since then, Philippine authori- theft like the one from Bangladesh ce reports and court documents. and losses. After all, the important ppines, or the U.S. would find the ties have recovered almost a fifth Bank is a mix of hacking wizardry That summer, according to an ac- thing for anyone looking to laun- funds. of the stolen money and returned to divert the money and some old- count in Chinese court documen- der money through a casino isn’t it to Bangladesh, but most of the school laundering to clean it and ts, thugs working for Gao beat up a to win. It’s to exchange millions of rest, after flowing through a se- cover the trail. Ding and Gao were group of men whom they mistook dollars for chips you can swap for By the time ries of accounts, a money-transfer certainly not specialists in the for- for another gang that had robbed cool, untraceable cash at the end of company, and into local casinos, mer, according to descriptions of them. The victims turned out to the night. Ding, Gao, and disappeared into the muggy Ma- them in court records and from fa- include cops, and Gao found him- It wasn’t the first time the Chi- nila air. mily members and acquaintances. self serving an 18-month prison nese duo of Ding and Gao had their players Some or all of it may have found Gao’s wife, Yan Wenli, says he’s sentence. managed a transaction like this. had their casino its way to North Korea. The FBI is computer illiterate. Ding is such a Upon his release in 2006, Gao Running illegal gambling opera- examining the totalitarian state’s tech novice, he needed help setting apparently traveled to Macau and tions, including recruiting people accounts link to the hack, according to two up a WeChat account he used to the Philippines, where he’d inves- for foreign gaming junkets, was officials with direct knowledge of post selfies while out on hikes, says ted as much as $2 million in busi- their main business, according frozen, they’d the investigation. a former business partner, who nesses that ran casino VIP rooms, to previously unreported court What’s required in the case of a declined to be named. according to court records. One documents in China obtained managed to theft like the one from Bangladesh Walk along the zig-zag lanes of of those companies was Eastern by Bloomberg Markets as well as make tens Bank is a mix of hacking wizardry Chendai, a Chinese town on the Hawaii Leisure Co., which would interviews with family members to divert the money and some old- Taiwan Strait, and you’ll see a lot wind up with more than a quarter and former business partners. of millions school laundering to clean it and of Dings on business signs. They’re of the stolen funds from Bangla- By the time Ding, Gao, and their cover the trail a prominent family, part of a Mus- desh, according to the Philippi- players had their casino accounts of dollars In addition, security companies, lim community that settled along ne Senate report. When Chinese frozen in March 2016, they’d ma- including Symantec Corp. and this stretch of the coast centuries authorities arrested Gao again in naged to make tens of millions of disappear BAE Systems Plc, say Lazarus ha- ago when the region was the main 2012, they found he ran one of dollars disappear, according to a ckers working for the rogue state port of entry for foreign traders. the biggest gambling networks in Philippine Senate committee that But if Ding and Gao thought were probably behind the attack. While some of the Ding clan built the country—one that spanned investigated the theft. they’d gotten away scot-free, they They cite similarities between the business empires here—manufac- 29 provinces and had made him The money was part of the lar- were mistaken. The story didn’t methods used in the Bangladesh turing athletic shoes, for instan- more than $8 million. He was sen- gest cyber-heist in history. In early end in the floral-scented VIP room attack and those in other cases, ce—Ding Zhize made a name for tenced to an additional four years February, $81 million had been of the Solaire. It just moved on—to such as the hack of Sony Pictures himself 600 kilometers down the in prison, according to a copy of stolen from Bangladesh’s central China and then maybe even North Entertainment Inc. in 2014, which coast in Macau’s casinos. the verdict obtained by Bloom- bank by hackers who issued bogus Korea, home to Lazarus, one of the U.S. officials attributed to North Now 45, Ding set up an invest- berg Markets. instructions via Swift, the global world’s most active state-sponso- Korea. Cyber-security experts say ment company in 2007 as Macau Gao appealed the sentence, and a interbank payment system, accor- red hacking collectives. Lazarus was also behind the Wan- was becoming the world’s big- court cut it by a year, suggesting in ding to reports by the Philippine As big as it was, the heist could naCry ransomware attack in May gest gambling center by revenue. its ruling that he’d assisted the po- Senate committee, the Federal Re- have been a lot bigger. The ha- that infected hundreds of thou- Neighbors and a former business lice investigation in some unspeci- serve Bank of New York, and the ckers originally intended to funnel sands of computers around the partner say he also arranged for fied way. He was officially released Bangladesh Ministry of Finance. $951 million of Bangladesh Bank’s world. gamblers from mainland China to on medical parole in 2015, court The cyber thieves messaged the money into phony accounts, ac- All but cut off from the world and go on casino trips, which would be documents show. It’s not clear New York Fed, where Bangladesh cording to various investigations. hamstrung by sanctions imposed illegal under Chinese law. In addi- how much time Gao spent in pri- Bank had funds on deposit, direc- Via Swift, they fired off a series of by the United Nations, the U.S., tion, these people say, Ding spe- son, because corporate records in ting it to send funds to a handful of messages to the New York Fed to South Korea, and Japan, North cialized in arranging off-table bets, Macau show him forming a com- bank accounts mostly in the Phili- do just that. The theft of the full Korea needs convertible curren- private wagers from anonymous pany there in 2014. ppines set up using fake names. amount was only averted becau- cies to finance imports, among gamblers using bookmakers. The- Ding and Gao’s familiarity with Just a few days after the theft, se, after the initial payments had other things. It uses a shifting ar- se often dwarf bets by gamblers Macau would have been useful to Bangladesh Bank officials asked been made, several transactions ray of agents, shipping companies, physically present at casinos, ac- North Korean hackers, says Ste- their Philippine counterparts were flagged “for sanction com- and brokers to bring in illicit cash, cording to a paper published in ve Vickers, a former head of the for help. Yet the gamblers were pliance review,” according to an says Juan Zarate, a former deputy the British Journal of Criminolo- Hong Kong Police Force’s Crimi- allowed to play on for weeks, accor- April 14, 2016, letter from the Fed U.S. national security adviser and gy in February. nal Intelligence Bureau who now ding to reports by the casino’s pa- to U.S. Representative Carolyn author of Treasury’s War: The Un- While it’s unclear exactly how runs an eponymous risk consul- rent company, Bloomberry Resor- Maloney, a New York Democrat. leashing of a New Era of Financial much Ding earned from his ope- ting company. That, he says, is ts Corp., and the Philippine Senate (In the wake of the Bangladesh Warfare. rations, his spending soared. By because Macau was traditionally Committee on Accountability of theft, Swift took measures to pre- Stealing money from a central 2008 he’d invested $1 million in one of the few locations where Public Officers and Investigations. vent such intrusions. “We are fully bank would be another way of a real estate company near his ho- the Pyongyang government has Even after the remaining funds committed to helping customers doing it. “It’s a clear fact that these metown and hired Asian pop stars managed to maintain covert bank were frozen, no charges were filed in the fight against cyber-attacks,” menacing groups are continuously to promote a spa there called Bali. accounts and interact with the fri 04.08.2017

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from there, directly or indirectly, to North Korea. While the offi- cials didn’t give any indication that Baccarat binge helped launder the world’s biggest cyber-heist they’d been able to track the funds, they did say their suspicions were backed by the fact that the money mainly for gambling at the Solaire was sent to middlemen—Ding and VIP room; $21 million was wired Gao—with direct connections to to Eastern Hawaii Leisure and Macau. used primarily in the VIP rooms Philippine authorities are still of other casinos. An additional $31 investigating Ding and Gao as million, according to testimony well as all aspects of the case, says from Philrem Chairman Michael Salido of the Anti-Money Launde- Bautista, was delivered in cash to ring Council. In April, the coun- Wong, Eastern Hawaii’s president, try’s justice department indicted mostly through an intermediary Deguito and the owners of Phil- named Xu Weikang, who was rem but dropped the case against working for Ding and Gao. In his Wong, citing a lack of evidence, Senate testimony, Wong disputed Salido says. Wong has returned the amount. He claimed that Phil- $15 million to the authorities, whi- rem had kept about $17 million, ch was then transferred back to and only $13.5 million had been Bangladesh Bank. delivered in cash. Bautista, who’s What galls Salido, among other also the subject of a complaint by things, he says, is that he never did the Anti-Money Laundering Cou- manage to interview the elusive ncil, has repeatedly denied kee- Ding and Gao. ping the cash. His lawyer, Howard Chinese authorities apparently Calleja, didn’t respond to multiple had better luck. Ding’s former requests for comment. When rea- business partner says police from ched by Bloomberg Markets, Xu, Xiamen, a city near Ding’s home- a debt-ridden businessman from town, arrested him in March 2017. Zhejiang, China, said he was a vic- In Chendai, standing next to a tim of identity theft. Silverio Benny Lexus sedan, Ding’s sister-in-law, Tan, Bloomberry’s lawyer, decli- who declined to give her name, Of the money transferred out of RCBC, USD31 million was reportedly delivered in cash to Wong ned to comment on the matter, confirmed the arrest but refused citing a court case over funds the to say more. (The Xiamen City global financial system. (Priscilla officer of RCBC, who also sued that his signature had been forged. casino froze from Ding’s group. Public Security Bureau declined to Fong, a spokeswoman for Macau’s Deguito’s lawyer. “Based on our After four such transfers (and a In an interview last year with Phi- comment for this article.) Financial Intelligence Office, decli- investigation, Ms. Deguito acted fifth to an account in Sri Lanka), lippine Dragon Media Network, a It does appear that, for whatever ned to comment on this case or to alone with the help of some of the Fed stopped the routing, tri- Chinese-language website, Wong reason, Ding’s finances have suffe- respond to questions about the re- her co-workers and subordinates ggering a manual review that in said Gao and Ding had tricked red. In May 2015 he and his bro- gion’s links to North Korea.) at the Jupiter Branch which she turn ended up blocking any tran- him. He said Gao, a business part- ther, Ding Xiaoming, registered an About 90 percent of North Ko- headed,” RCBC said in an emai- sactions beyond the $81 million ner of his since 2007, told him investment company called Ninin, rea’s trade is with China, and led statement. “Her actions were that had already flowed through the money had come from a land the same name Ding had used for Chinese junket operators are inimical to her job and against the system. sale to the Chinese government a series of entities in Hong Kong, well equipped to use the formal RCBC’s policies, which resulted in to make way for a new airport in Macau, and mainland China. banking sector and informal fi- her termination and the filing of Beijing. Wong said Gao introdu- Held under Xiaoming’s name, the nancial networks created by the cases against her.” The bank said The usual ced him to Ding, who claimed he company was supposed to have Chinese traders and small busi- it’s confident the Philippine De- got the money by selling shares in 100 million yuan ($15 million) in nessmen who’ve crisscrossed the partment of Justice investigation path would Macau casinos, which he intended registered capital. If Ninin was ex- world for 1,000 years, says An- will find that senior executives had have taken to invest in the Philippines. Wong pecting an influx of money, it ne- drew Klebanow, a senior partner no knowledge of Deguito’s actions. declined to be interviewed for this ver arrived. Xiaoming dissolved it at Global Market Advisors LLC According to the Senate commit- the laundered article. in July, corporate registry records in Las Vegas. “These networks tee report, Ding, Gao, and Deguito For her part, Deguito, the fired show. evolved and continue to this day, ginned up the accounts using fake funds from the bank manager who claimed she’d As for Gao, his wife says the who- allowing money to move into and names, fake addresses, and fake been acting on instructions from le affair has brought nothing but out of China,” he says. Often mo- declarations that Deguito had met Philippines to RCBC bosses, said she hadn’t grief. Gao, a devoted gambler, had ney doesn’t even need to cross bor- the account holders in person and Macau and meant to do anything wrong. Her met Ding at a card table, Yan says. ders, Klebanow says. As with other confirmed their identities. Assu- lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, decli- She wouldn’t say when or where. informal networks, a deposit in ming the Senate report got the fac- from there, nes to comment on the details of “He knew too many people,” she the Philippines might be credited ts right—there was contradictory his client’s actions or statement. says. The family compound inclu- to an account in Macau or China, testimony—the stage was set for directly or He notes there are three criminal des an L-shaped house, parcels of even though the money stays in laundering what the hackers ho- cases pending against Deguito farmland, and a carved stone pa- Manila. ped would be almost $1 billion. “If indirectly, to in Philippine courts that include goda set in a big garden five miles Months before Ding, Gao, and you have a bank employee who is North Korea allegations of anti-money-lau- north of that planned Beijing their baccarat players showed up in connivance with creating these ndering violations, perjury, and airport. Sitting inside, Yan vehe- in Manila, several bank accounts nonexistent people in the first pla- falsification of documents. Refer- mently slaps down all the specu- that would later receive the Ban- ce, it’s easy to launder,” says Ven- The following Monday was ring to varying accounts of what lation about her husband. “He gladeshi funds appeared on the cent Salido, head of investigations Chinese New Year. Banks in the happened from Deguito, Wong, has never opened any account or books at the Jupiter Street bran- at the Philippine government’s Philippines were closed, so four and Bautista, Osmeña, the former received the money in question,” ch of Rizal Commercial Banking Anti-Money Laundering Council, stop-payment requests from senator, says, “I couldn’t take se- she says, between drags on her ci- Corp. in Metro Manila, according which is leading the local investi- Bangladesh Bank to RCBC went riously what they were all saying.” garette. to testimony at the Senate hearin- gation into the theft. unheeded. The next morning, al- The FBI and the Bangladeshi In August 2016, Yan says, police, gs. At the hearings, Kim Wong, All the accounts created at the most all the money in the four fake government have recently turned again from Xiamen, came to the president of Eastern Hawaii Lei- RCBC branch lay dormant until accounts was transferred through their attention to pursuing the compound and took Gao away to sure, which operates a number of Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. The Swift a variety of accounts, obscuring, Chinese connection in the case, a detention center in Ding’s home VIP rooms in Manila-area casinos, attack began the day before, the at least initially, the money’s pro- Topacio says. He met twice with region. When she asked what she including the Solaire, testified that last day of the workweek in Ban- venance. It then went on to a pay- FBI agents between May and July. could do to get him out, one of the he’d set up the RCBC accounts gladesh. Sums ranging from ment company called Philrem Ser- At those meetings, he says, the cops said, “Don’t bother calling a along with Ding’s business part- $6,000,039.12 to $30,000,039.12 vice Corp. At about 7:45 p.m. on agents pressed for details about lawyer.” ner, Gao, and the Jupiter branch went zipping from the New York Tuesday, after getting a call from Ding and Gao, as well as about Katz is the legal enforcement manager at the time, Maia Degui- Fed through Citibank, Wells Far- the Anti-Money Laundering Cou- ethnic Chinese doing business team leader for Europe. Fan writes to. go, and the Bank of New York- ncil, RCBC finally placed a hold on in the Philippines such as Wong. about China from Shanghai. For her part, Deguito said she’d Mellon to a series of accounts at the remaining funds: $68,305. Topacio says FBI agents and Ban- been acting on instructions from the branch, which sits below a Of the money transferred out gladeshi law enforcement officials With assistance from Simon Lee, RCBC bosses. That assertion ne- bridal shop. Some even passed of RCBC, about $29 million was told him the usual path would Daniela Wei, Rachel Chang, Michael tted her a libel claim by Lorenzo through the account of a real per- wired by Philrem to Bloomber- have taken the laundered funds Riley, Peter Martin, and Norman P. Tan, the former chief executive son who later told the Senate panel ry Resorts and credited to Ding, from the Philippines to Macau and Aquino. Bloomberg 04.08.2017 fri

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hina’s foreign minis- Cter yesterday welcomed comments by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offe- ring reassurance to North Korea that Washington isn’t seeking regime change the- re. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a briefing that Beijing “attaches great importance” to Tillerson’s remarks on North Korea. Tillerson said Tuesday that the United Sta- tes does not seek a collapse of the North Korean regime or an accelerated reunifica- tion of the Korean Peninsu- la. Wang said China hopes all sides could “meet each other half way to find a funda- mental plan to resolve the security concerns of the par- ties through equal dialogue.” Turkey and China pledge security But Tillerson also said the U.S. does not think produc- tive talks would result if North Korea comes with the cooperation as ties warm intention of maintaining its nuclear weapons. Tillerson also continued Gerry Shih, Beijing Human rights groups have group as well as reaching a po- stand with Uighurs and give us to push for Chinese help in long accused China of oppres- litical settlement in the Syrian their support.” keeping pressure on North urkey’s top diplomat sing its roughly 10 million Ui- War. Turkish President Tayyip Korea because of their spe- Tvowed yesterday to root ghurs with severe restrictions Wang, meanwhile, said that Recep Erdogan had positio- cial economic relationship. out militants plotting against on language, culture and re- “deepening our collaboration ned himself as a champion of He said the North Korean China, signaling closer coo- ligion and inflaming a cycle on anti-terror and security is Turkic peoples and in 2009 problem is not China’s fault, peration against suspected of resentment and radicaliza- the most central part” of the accused Beijing of committing but China must help create Uighur militants hailing from tion. Hundreds have died in two countries’ relationship. “genocide” toward Uighurs, conditions for productive China’s far west who have Xinjiang in violent clashes in With President Xi Jinping attracting a flurry of headli- talks. long been a sore point in bila- recent years and China now keen to play a leadership role nes and infuriating Beijing. China is the North’s biggest teral relations. keeps the region, with a land in global affairs, China has The two governments clashed trading partner and food Turkish Foreign Minister area comparable to Iran, under swiftly expanded its presence again in 2015 when Turkey and fuel aid source. Chine- Mevlut Cavusoglu told repor- a constant lockdown with mas- in the Middle East and offered offered asylum to Uighur re- se companies also have a ters during a visit to Beijing sive policing and surveillance itself as a mediator in the re- fugees detained in Thailand virtual monopoly on invest- that his government would efforts that activists say are rife gion’s conflicts. But it has not whom China had demanded ment in North Korea’s eco- treat threats to China’s securi- with abuse. shied from calling for help, ei- back. nomy, particularly natural ty as threats to itself and wou- Thousands of Uighurs have ther. Since then, however, the Chi- resources. ld not allow any “anti-China fled China in recent years to At Beijing’s request, Egyptian na-Turkey relationship has U.S. President Donald activity inside Turkey or terri- seek asylum in Turkey, with police in recent weeks rounded warmed amid a broader politi- Trump has grown increa- tory controlled by Turkey.” many traveling on to Syria to up scores of Muslim Chinese cal realignment. China, Russia singly frustrated by what he Cavusoglu’s tough commen- join Islamic militant groups or students studying in at Al-A- and Turkey have strengthened says is China’s reluctance to ts, which came after a meeting simply to escape persecution zhar University and deported their partnership while Erdo- rein in North Korea. “I am and warm handshakes with and find a new home. In res- them to China, sparking panic gan has pulled away from the very disappointed in China. his Chinese counterpart Wang ponse, China has pressed allies among Chinese living in Cairo orbit of European governmen- Our foolish past leaders have Yi, were seen as referring to including Russia and Syria to who belong to the Uighur, Hui ts amid disputes over human allowed them to make hun- China’s Uighur ethnic mino- share intelligence about Ui- and Kazakh ethnic minorities. rights and other issues. dreds of billions of dollars a rity, a Turkic people who sha- ghur militants fighting in Syria The World Uyghur Congress, China has expressed open- year in trade,” Trump twee- re cultural and linguistic ties and help avert their return to an overseas Uighur advocacy ness toward Turkey joining ted recently, “yet ... they do with Anatolian Turks. strike at China. group, said it hoped China and the Shanghai Cooperation Or- NOTHING for us with North Turkey and China have in Hundreds of Uighurs, if not Turkey’s vows of cooperation ganization, a security alliance Korea, just talk.” recent years pledged to coo- far more, are believed to have in the name of security would comprised of Russia and se- “We will no longer allow perate on security and coun- joined the al-Qaida-affiliated not infringe on Uighur refu- veral central Asian states that this to continue,” he added. ter-terrorism efforts, though Nusra Front while others have gees’ lawful rights. is seen as a counterweight to “China could easily solve experts say such ties are also pledged allegiance to the Isla- “The Turkish foreign minis- NATO. this problem!” balanced by mutual suspicion. mic State group or sided with ter’s comments have surpri- Turkey and Russia have also China says it shouldn’t be Relations between Ankara and smaller militant factions in the sed and concerned us,” said backed several major Chine- held responsible for resol- Beijing have been strained by Syrian conflict. Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for se initiatives — including Xi ving the North Korean nu- Turkey’s campaign to remove Cavusoglu endorsed China’s the group. “China’s goal is to Jinping’s Belt-and-Road pro- clear standoff alone and Syrian President Bashar al efforts yesterday, adding that use economic pressure to res- ject to develop infrastructure has said other countries are -Assad — a China ally — and Turkey “fully appreciated all trict Uighurs’ political rights spanning the Eurasian conti- shirking their responsibili- its sheltering of Uighur refu- the actions China has taken” but we remain hopeful that the nent — that were initially shun- ties in the effort to reduce gees. in combating the Islamic State Turkish people will continue to ned by Western powers. AP tensions. AP fri 04.08.2017

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pursuing its nuclear ambitions. Park Sun-hee, the mother of ap photo three, the youngest an 8-year -old boy, said she doesn’t fret over every missile launch. It’s obviously difficult to be in per- petual panic over the same belli- cose neighbor who has been the- re for decades, especially while living in one of Asia’s most com- petitive societies. Still, she does worry about the future. “I am thinking about moving to another country,” Park said. “I already lived half my life now, but I have children who still need to grow, and I wonder whether this country will be safe for them.” Some South Korean exper- ts fear that development of a fully functional ICBM by the North might undermine their country’s alliance with the U.S., citing concerns that Washing- ton may hesitate to defend the South if hostilities break out between the rival Koreas, which have never signed a peace treaty after the 1950-53 Korean War. Others, like Yang, think newly elected liberal President Moon Jae-in should be tougher on Pyongyang. In the meantime, many are just busy heading to foreign ge- Akira Fukatsu, a 65-year-old retiree, sits in front of a replica cannon in Verny Park in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo taways and the beaches for their summer holidays. Like Moon, who took the week off for his summer vacation, they have sun Korean crisis and surf on their minds.

CHINA China’s relatively blase res- ponse to North Korea’s missile North missile tests spook tests reflects the belief that they do not pose a grave threat to Beijing, even if Beijing dislikes neighbors, but ‘what to do?’ Pyongyang’s defiance. Alissa Chen, a teacher, said she thought it unlikely a North Ko- Mari Yamaguchi, Kim Tong-Hyung song-14 ICBM, its first test, and before their range extended bunker as bombs rained down. rean missile would strike China. and Emily Wang, Yokosuka another last weekend suggest recently,” said Tetsuharu Na- “I lived through the war, and I “But we can’t rule out this pos- that major U.S. cities such as Los gashima, an official in charge of can’t imagine anything being as sibility, after all, with the North orth Korea’s flurry Angeles and Chicago are within emergency response in Yoko- scary as that one,” she said. Koreans it’s hard to figure them of missile launches — range of North Korean weapons. suka, which is home to some out so it’s difficult to say,” Chen 20 of them just in the Such missiles could be armed of the 50,000 American troops SOUTH KOREA said. “But I have always thought past year — is a new with nuclear, biological or che- stationed in U.S. ally Japan, as Living just across the Demili- they shouldn’t act too rashly.” Nand alarming fact of life for Ja- mical warheads, although many well as a Japanese naval base. tarized Zone from North Korea, Beijing tends to object more pan and its other neighbors. experts say North Korea hasn’t Instructions on the local gover- South Koreans are famously laid vehemently to North Korean But Pyongyang’s recent de- fully mastered miniaturizing nment website tell people to take back about its displays of mili- nuclear tests that have at ti- monstrations of its capacity to nuclear warheads and might not refuge in strong buildings or tary might. mes rocked buildings in nor- launch intercontinental ballis- have the technology to ensure a underground shopping arcades But while life continues as usual theastern China and raised tic missiles, while worrying, are warhead would survive re-entry in case of attack, and to hit the and there’s no visible panic on worries over radioactive fallout drawing shrugs from many in into the atmosphere from space ground and cover their heads if the streets, at least some South and other unintended conse- the region who reckon there’s or even hit an intended target. no such shelter is nearby. Koreans are starting to question quences, though President Xi not much anyone can do about Attitudes in Japan, South Ko- Unlike some communities that whether North Korea’s nuclear Jinping’s government appears them. rea and China toward the threat have held drills and drawn up weapons and missiles may have unwilling to expend much effort “We have no idea when and vary, but likely reflect a sang- contingency plans, Nagashima become bigger problems than or political capital to address where (a missile) would strike. froid partly born of living with said Yokosuka had no plan to anyone wants to admit. North Korea’s actions. Honestly, I don’t think there is the legacy of the Cold War and conduct evacuation drills. “South Koreans have been too “There are heavy industrial ci- any way to prepare for it,” Akira ever present risks of huge earth- Misaki Honna, the mother of relaxed,” said Yang Seung-jun, ties in the northeast, that is our Fukatsu, a 65-year-old retiree, quakes and other natural disas- a 10-month-old girl, said sug- noting that missile launches concern,” said Li Shuangsheng, said as he sat drinking a beer on ters. gestions that Yokosuka might show North Korea could attack a retiree walking past a subway a bench in a park overlooking be targeted because of the U.S. the South at any time. “It’s our exit in downtown Beijing. a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, JAPAN and Japanese military presence choice to laugh it off and say Li Jiahua, a medical company south of Tokyo. “We’re simply Many Japanese have mixed were troubling. ‘North Korea can’t do that,’ or employee in Beijing, said he was unlucky if one strikes here.” feelings about the latest develo- “But even if we flee, we woul- the ‘United Nations will sanc- confident China’s own growing Many Japanese, South Ko- pments, viewing them as a sign dn’t know where to go. If a mis- tion them’... But war never ha- military muscle and its histori- reans and Chinese appear to that by focusing on ICBM deve- sile strikes, there’s almost no- ppens when we expect it to,” he cal alliance with the fellow com- share that sense of resignation lopment, North Korea’s aggres- thing you can do about it,” she said. munist state would deter threats over North Korea’s apparent sion is directed toward the U.S. said. Some South Koreans who from Pyongyang. newfound capacity to launch rather than Japan, even if test Eiko Miyauchi, 83, endured spoke to The Associated Press in “I’m not worried about this. missiles capable of reaching launches have been splashing U.S. fire-bombings during Wor- the capital Seoul expressed frus- China is now so strong and the much of the continental United down off Japan’s coast. ld War II. As a child, she was tration over decades of failed foreign policy China has pur- States. “Japan was within range of evacuated from the coast and efforts by Seoul and Washing- sued has been to unite our nei- The July 4 firing of a Hwa- North Korean missiles even took shelter in an underground ton to dissuade Pyongyang from ghbors,” Li said. AP 04.08.2017 fri

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USA Department said Pena Nieto remarked to Trump during a July 7 meeting at the G-20 summit in Germany that de- No lie, says Sanders: Trump got portations of Mexicans from the United States had fallen 31 percent between January and June, as compared with praise from Mexico, Scouts 2016. Pena Nieto said 47 per- cent fewer Central American migrants had entered Mexico Laurie Kellman, Washington in that period. ap photo ake news or fib? Two Fphone calls described by President Donald Trump that didn’t actually happen repre- The sent the latest chapter in a long-running series of dispu- conversations tes revolving around the pre- took place, sident’s rocky relationship with facts. they just simply White House press secre- tary Sarah Sanders yesterday didn’t take [Macau time] found herself explaining that compliments place over a Trump had described recei- phone call. ving in phone calls from the Sarah Sanders Mexican president and the White House Boy Scouts did happen — just not on the phone. “I wouldn’t say it was a lie. Meanwhile, the Boy Scou- That’s a pretty bold accu- White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (left) and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller during the daily briefing at ts denied that the head of the White House sation,” she told reporters. the youth organization cal- “The conversations took pla- led Trump to shower praise ce, they just simply didn’t Polls, history and other re- for all of the economic and what you’re getting with Do- on his politically aggressive take place over a phone call. search leave open the ques- other progress Trump claims, nald Trump at this point.” speech to its national jambo- [...] He had them in person.” tion of how impressions of just 33 percent of Americans Sanders was responding to ree in West Virginia. Presi- The noncalls weren’t earth- Trump’s truthfulness affect approve of the job he’s doing, questions about a statement dent Randall Stephenson and shattering news. But they fit his job approval, which ho- similar to the results of a sur- from the Mexican govern- Chief Scout Executive Mike a pattern that also involves vers around a third of Ame- vey conducted in June by the ment denying what Trump Surbaugh later apologized weightier issues and that has ricans. Associated Press-NORC Cen- described as a recent phone to members of the scouting raised larger questions about Trump won the presiden- ter for Public Affairs Resear- call with Mexican President community who were offen- Trump’s credibility six mon- tial election despite having ch. Enrique Pena Nieto. Trump ded by Trump’s political rhe- ths into his presidency. promoted false claims such Only 34 percent of the Quin- said earlier this week that toric. After Donald Trump Jr. put as the notion that President nipiac poll respondents say Pena Nieto had called him to Trump told The Wall Street out a statement, later shown Barack Obama was born ou- that Trump is “honest.” praise his immigration poli- Journal in an interview last to be misleading, about tside the U.S. (he was born “We’ve been through so cies. week, “I got a call from the his meeting with a Russian in Hawaii) and that Hillary much of this,” said Ethan “Even the president of Mexi- head of the Boy Scouts saying lawyer in 2016, the presi- Clinton had started the ru- Porter, an assistant professor co called me. They said their it was the greatest speech dent’s outside lawyer was mor (she didn’t). of media and public affairs at southern border, very few that was ever made to them, categorical that the presi- The campaign featured ano- George Washington Univer- people are coming because and they were very thankful.” dent had no role in drafting ther instance when Trump sity, who co-authored a study they know they’re not going Politico published the trans- the statement. But when The said someone told him so- released last month into whe- to get through our border, cript of the interview Tues- Washington Post later repor- mething that the person then ther false information and which is the ultimate compli- day. ted that the president had denied. Candidate Trump corrections change people’s ment,” Trump said Monday. Sanders said the presi- dictated the statement for last summer claimed the NFL attitudes toward candida- Sanders said Trump had dent was making reference his son, Sanders acknowled- had complained to him that tes. In Trump’s case, he said, been “referencing a conver- to “multiple members of the ged that Trump had “weighed the presidential debate sche- “People probably learned to sation that they had had at Boy Scout leadership” who in” on his son’s statement “as dule competed with football discount additional instan- the G-20 summit where they “congratulated him, praised any father would based on games. The NFL denied that. ces” of falsehoods, adding: specifically talked about the him and offered quite power- the limited information that A Quinnipiac poll relea- “It’s already baked in the issues that he referenced.” ful compliments following he had.” sed Wednesday found that cake where you sort of know Mexico’s Foreign Relations his speech.” AP

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ith his job on the line, President Mi- chel Temer eked President dodges bribery out a victory in a congressionalW vote over a bribery charge against him that has fue- led angst and anger across Latin charge, but risks remain America’s largest nation. But there are more legal woes impassioned speeches about the A year ago, Temer, then vice ahead and clear chinks in his go- need for him to go, many suppor- president, took office after Dil- verning coalition, so Temer will ap photo ters said nothing beyond the mi- ma Rousseff was impeached and have little time to celebrate. nimum to procedurally cast their removed as president for impro- Members of Congress’ lower vote. The measure was before the perly handling government fi- house, the Chamber of Deputies, chamber because by Brazilian nances. voted 263-227 against suspen- law a sitting president cannot be Since becoming president, his ding the president and sending tried without the approval of the administration has been rocked him for trial before Brazil’s hi- lower house, which is considered by repeated scandals while still ghest court. the conduit for the voice of the managing to move unpopular The result effectively suspended people. legislation forward, such as a loo- the bribery charge, which was Throughout the day, there sening of labor rules and the pro- filed by Attorney General Ricar- was shouting and even periodic posals to trim pension benefits. do Janot in June. However, Ja- pushing between lawmakers. All the while, his popularity has not is expected to charge Temer “Temer is a crook and he needs plunged. The latest national poll with obstruction of justice by the to sort out his situation with the said just 5 percent of Brazilians end of this month, which would Justice Department,” said Elvi- approve of Temer while the vast prompt another vote that even President Michel Temer gives a statement at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia no Bohn Gass, a member of the majority said he should be tried Temer’s most stalwart suppor- Workers’ Party, one of the main for the bribery allegation. ters would rather not have to go proposal supported by the busi- The vote on the bribery charge opposition parties. “Brazil shou- Thanking the lower chamber through as elections loom next ness class, which has helped keep came after a full day of procedu- ld not be governed by a gang of for the “eloquent decision,” Te- year. an otherwise deeply unpopular ral wrangling by the opposition, thugs.” mer said yesterday [Macau time] In a troubling sign for Temer, leader in power. maneuvers intended to stall and “Brazil can’t change presidents it was time for his government to the 263 votes cast in support “This is far from over,” said Ra- force legislators to vote in the three times in one year,” said Ser- return its focus to reforms. of him fell far short of the cru- fael Salies, a risk consultant with evening, when many Brazilians gio Moraes, making a common “I won’t rest until Dec. 31, cial 308, or 60 percent of the the Rio de Janeiro-based Sou- were home and able to watch the argument among Temer suppor- 2018,” he said, referring to the 513-member body, that he needs thern Pulse. “August may still proceedings being broadcast live. ters that it was worth keeping end of his term. to pass an overhaul of the pen- have many surprises in store for The moves may have worked. him for the sake of stability. “He The bribery allegation stunned sion system. It is an unpopular him.” While Temer’s opponents made will be investigated later.” even Brazilians inured to graft. AP

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TV canal macau cinema this day in history Friday cineteatro 13:00 TDM News (Repeat) 3 Aug - 9 Aug 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 14:50 RTPi Live Doraemon the movie 2017 room 1 18:50 Now Generation (Repeated) 2:30, 4:30, 7:15pm 19:40 Soap Opera (PT) Director: Atsushi Takahashi 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) Starring: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu 21:00 Miscellaneous Language: Cantonese (Chinese) 21:15 Miscellaneous Duration: 101vmin 22:10 Now Generation 23:00 TDM News 23:30 One Championship: Heroes Of The World 2016 02:00 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 02:30 RTPi Live

Saturday 10:40 Comedy 11:10 Blaze Riders 11:35 Chefs 12:30 Miscellaneous 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) war of the planet of the apes 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast (PT) room 1 15:00 Miscellaneous 9:15pm 1964 Three civil rights Director: Matt Reeves 16:20 Soap Opera (PT) activists found dead 19:20 Miscellaneous Starring: Woody Herrelson, Sara Canning, Judy Greeer Language: English (Chinese) 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) Duration: 140min 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News The bodies of three civil rights workers missing for six 21:10 Drama (PT) weeks have been found buried in a partially constructed 22:10 Comedy - Final dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi. 23:00 TDM News Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation found the three young men - two white and one black man - 23:30 Miscellaneous about six miles from the town in a wooded area near 00:35 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) where they were last seen on the night of 21 June. 01:10 RTPi Live They were Michael Schwerner, aged 24, Andrew Good- man, 20, both from New York and James Chaney, 22, Sunday from Meridian, Mississippi. All were members of the 10:35 Young Adult Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) dedicated to non- violent direct action against racial discrimination. 11:00 Sunday Mass (Live) As soon as the men were reported missing, the case 12:00 Miscellaneous was made top priority and codenamed Miburn (Missis- 12:30 Miscellaneous the Emoji movie sippi burning). FBI agents headed by Major Case Ins- 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) room 2 pector Joseph Sullivan were sent down to Mississippi 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast 2:15, 5:45, 7:30, 9:30pm to investigate the matter. Director: Tony Leondis 14:50 Zig Zag After a tip-off they found the mens’ burnt-out car two Starring: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris 18:15 Miscellaneous Language: English (Chinese) days after their disappearance. 19:35 Non-daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Duration: 86min The bodies have been taken to Jackson, Mississippi, 19:40 Soap Opera for further examination into the cause of death. It is be- 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (PT) DEspicable Me 3 lieved all three had been shot and the finger of blame is pointing at the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group. 21:00 Time Travel room 2 The three young men had left the CORE office in Me- 22:00 Vidago Palace 4:00pm Director: Eric Guillon, Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin ridian six weeks ago to investigate the destruction of 23:00 TDM News Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker a black congregation church in Longdale, Neshoba 23:50 Europe 30 Language: Cantonese County because it was used as the site for a “freedom 00:15 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Duration: 90min school”. 00:50 RTPi Live The school was set up by Mr Schwerner as part of a wider civil rights campaign in Mississippi teaching bla- ck children, among other things, black history and the philosophy of the civil rights movement. The Mount Zion Church was burned down on 16 June Offbeat by members of the KKK searching for Mr Schwerner. His wife, Rita, made an emotional statement to news- papers today. German court rules against She said: “My husband, Michael Schwerner, did not die ‘Spaghetti Monster church’ in vain. If he and Andrew Goodman had been negroes, the world would have taken little notice of their deaths. A German court “After all, the slaying of a negro in Mississippi is not has ruled that local 47 meters down news. It is only because my husband and Andrew Good- authorities are en- room 3 man were white that the national alarm had been sou- titled to prevent a 2:15, 6:00, 9:45pm nded.” group calling itself Director: Johannes Roberts the Church of the Starring: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Mathew Modine Courtesy BBC News Flying Spaghetti Language: English (Chinese) Monster from ad- Duration: 89min vertising its “noo- dle Masses” at In context the entrance to an eastern town. Screenshot of a “Certificate of On 13 October 1964 James Jordan, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, It’s standard Ordination” of a “Pastafarian Minister” told FBI agents he had witnessed the murder and was willing to practice in Ger- taken from the “church” website testify. A total of 19 men were arrested and charged. many for small sig- yesterday On 24 February 1967 Judge William Cox dismissed 17 of the 19 ns at the entrance indictments but he was overruled by the Supreme Court and the so- called Mississippi Burning trial took place in October 1967. to towns to announce there’s a Lutheran or Catholic It emerged that the three young men had been arrested by Deputy church and detail when it holds services. The “Spaghetti Sheriff Cecil Price on 21 June, then released from Neshoba jail in Monster” group, an organization that criticizes religion the middle of the night and attacked and killed by the KKK as they as intolerant, wanted permission to do the same in Tem- drove out of town. plin, northeast of Berlin. Among those convicted were Deputy Sheriff Price, who got six years News agency dpa reported that the Brandenburg state Cars 3 in jail. Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Bowers and KKK member Wayne Roberts were sentenced to 10 years each. court ruled this week the group can’t claim the rights room 3 A film based on the FBI investigation was made in 1988 called Mis- of a religious or philosophical community. Judges said 4:00, 7:45pm its criticism of others’ beliefs doesn’t constitute a phi- sissippi Burning. Director: Brian Fee In June 2005 Edgar Ray Killen, 80, was convicted of recruiting the losophy. Starring: Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper killers. Killen was sentenced to 60 years in jail for the three man- The group says that it’s a humanist organization and Language: Cantonese slaughters. plans to appeal. Duration: 102min fri 04.08.2017

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he beginning of the top-level teams. Tnew Asian professio- Asia League’s founders nal basketball tournament and management team Spanish league: Neymar will be celebrated in Ma- have designed a first-of-i- cau at Studio City Event ts-kind commercial mo- Center from September del for Asian cross-border 20 to 24, where eight of basketball competition, lawyer tries to pay Asia’s top teams will come the statement noted. together for an invitatio- Participating teams in nal tournament. Asia League’s inaugural The federation includes tournament include: Chi- release clause eight clubs from five coun- na’s Shenzhen Leopard tries, all of which were and Zhejiang Guangsha Joseph Wilson, Barcelona cial said that Juan de Dios record sum to trigger the taxes in France than el- champion contenders in Lions; Japan’s Chiba Jets Crespo, a Spanish lawyer release clause. sewhere.” their domestic leagues, and Ryukyu Golden Kin- eymar has representing Neymar, ar- Barcelona spokesman Lyon president Jean- according to a statement gs; Goyang Orions and made his first rived at the league offices Josep Vives said that the Michel Aulas launched a issued by Asia league. Samsung Thunders of getaway at- accompanied by three club would not negotiate barb at his big-spending In addition to full do- South Korea; Philippi- tempt. The Brazilians with the in- and would demand the rival in his message posted mestic player rosters, each nes’ Gilas Pilipinas and NSpanish league said yes- tention of depositing the full payment of the clause. on Twitter: “Congrats to team will be permitted to Taiwan’s Fubon Braves. terday that represen- buyout clause. The official Last year, Neymar signed Nasser for the realization import two players. The teams will be divi- tatives of Neymar tried spoke to the AP on condi- a new contract with Bar- of this worldwide unique Supported by the Sports ded into two groups of unsuccessfully to pay tion of anonymity in line celona that tied him to operation: I’m impatient Bureau (ID) and the Ma- four, each playing three the 222 million euro with league policy. the Catalan club through to know about the real cau Government Tourism round-robin games. (USD262 million) buyout 2021. costs of the operation.” Office (MGTO), Asia Lea- With 16 games to be clause that would release Tebas told Spanish spor- At 25 years old, Neymar gue stated that it intends played in total, the best the Brazil star from his The ts daily AS on Wednes- is already one of football’s to use the inaugural 2017 two teams from each contract with Barcelona payment of day that he believes PSG top talents. tournament to position group will advance to the and clear his signing for breaks UEFA’s FFP rules Neymar scored 105 goals itself as Asia Pacific’s pre- top four, which will played Paris Saint-Germain. the clause because its Qatari owners playing alongside Lio- mier club-to-club compe- the following day in a win- But the league refused to are closely linked to the nel Messi and was a key tition platform. The win- ner-takes-all style semi-fi- accept the payment and would energy-rich ruling family. playmaker for Barcelona ner of this tournament will nals and finals. won’t act as an interme- “We won’t accept the as it won a Champions be crowned as the region’s Asia League’s live strea- diary for the player, an of- shatter the money from a club like League, two Spanish lea- champion. ming broadcast will be ficial told The Associated previous PSG which doesn’t belong gues, three Copa del Reys, After the first tourna- available on primetime TV Press. League president to la Liga ... and especially one Club World Cup, a ment, the scale of com- and digital platforms in all Javier Tebas said on We- world record when it is breaking laws UEFA Super Cup and two petitions in 2018 will be Asia League markets and dnesday that the league and rules,” Tebas told AS, Spanish Super Cups. AP expandedto include more across the globe. wouldn’t help the forward transfer of claiming “the case of PSG leave for PSG because it is a clear example of fi- considers that the money 105 million nancial doping by a state- ad funding the move breaks euros supported club.” UEFA’s Financial Fair PSG president Nasser Play rules. Television images Al-Khalaifi declined to The league’s refusal does showed Neymar’s repre- comment on the Spanish not stop Neymar’s exit sentatives remaining ti- league’s decision to refu- from Barcelona as the mo- ghtlipped as they worked se payment when asked ney can be paid directly to their way through a crowd about the issue at a charity the club. of journalists upon ente- event where he met with The payment of the clau- ring and leaving the lea- French President Emma- se would shatter the pre- gue offices in Madrid. nuel Macron yesterday. vious world record trans- Neymar ended weeks of Macron took the oppor- fer of 105 million euros silence by telling Barce- tunity to tell PSG’s boss (then $116 million) that lona’s executives, players “congratulations, I un- Manchester United paid and coach on Wednesday derstand there’s been for France midfielder Paul that his intention was to some good news” regar- Pogba last year. leave the club after four ding Neymar’s imminent Barcelona declined to seasons. His representati- arrival. France’s budget comment on the league’s ve, Wagner Ribeiro, then minister also had reason refusal to accept the pay- confirmed the widespread to celebrate. Gerald Dar- ment when contacted by speculation that had been manin told France-Inter the AP. building all summer that radio “It’s better that this The Spanish league offi- PSG was willing to pay the football player pays his THE Robert Hardy, Cornelius Fudge in Station Air quality BUZZ‘Harry Potter’, dies Roadside 20-40 Good Robert Hardy, a veteran British stage and Hardy played British Prime Minister Winston screen actor who played Minister for Magic Cor- Churchill in half a dozen films and TV series, in- High nelius Fudge in the “Harry Potter” movies, has cluding the miniseries “Winston Churchill: The Density 20-40 died. He was 91. Wilderness Years” and “War and Remembran- Residental His family said Hardy died Thursday after “a ce.” He played U.S. President Franklin D. Roo- Good tremendous life: a giant career in theater, tele- sevelt, Churchill’s wartime ally, in both British Area opinion vision and film spanning more than 70 years.” and French TV series. Born in 1925, Hardy began his career in In a statement, Hardy’s family said he was Ambient 20-40 Shakespearean roles onstage in Stratford-upon also “a meticulous linguist, a fine artist, a lover Good source: dsmg source: Kapok -Avon in the years after World War II. of music and a champion of literature, as well a Eric Sautedé Between 1978 and 1990 he played eccentric highly respected historian, and a leading specia- veterinarian Siegfried Farnon in “All Creatures list on the longbow.” They said he was also part Great and Small,” a popular TV series based on of the team that raised Tudor warship the Mary WORLD BRIEFS James Herriot’s books about rural life in the Rose, which sank off England’s south coast in The bickerers Yorkshire Dales. 1545. Cambodia A court The contrast is quite shocking really: on the one Costa da Caparica sentenced an Australian hand, legislators who are either appointed or not woman and two even elected, but rather endorsed by corporations Cambodian associates and traditional associations according to a method to 1 ½ year in prison for of selection in which one name corresponds to Small plane crash-lands providing commercial one seat — highly competitive indeed — and on surrogacy services in the other hand truly elected members of that very the country. same assembly, who have fought very hard to win their seat, and who will take every opportunity and on packed Portuguese New Zealand’s use any mean to make the best out of this unique auditor-general resignes and very circumscribed forum of democratic de- amid questions over bate to oversee, somehow control and to a certain beach, kills two how he handled a fraud degree make the whole system slightly accounta- case while he was head ble to the people of Macao. of the nation’s transport And yet, the former are giving the latter lessons agency. in solemnity! Complaining that posters and piles ap photo of paper cups with challenging messages directed towards the government are being detrimental to the dignity of this otherwise perfectly independent and reason-inspired body of “small circle” repre- ap photo sentatives who know only one thing: to vote in favor of whatever the government wants as long as their interests are preserved, even when they don’t actually understand and measure the ultima- te consequences of the new laws. The Land Law is but one example, but what an enlightening one it is! Conservative loyalists and self-serving legislators just realized a few months back that the law they had passed — “solemnly” Syria Russia’s Defense one should add — in 2013 was actually making Ministry announced a land grantees accountable for land they had failed cease-fire for a third to develop — usually after more than 25 years — safe zone in war-torn and thus was somehow hurting either their own Syria yesterday, paving interests or the ones of their clients. They wanted People walk past a small plane resting by the sea after an emergency landing at Sao Joao beach in Costa da the way for the delivery (and still want) the law to be changed, or at least Caparica, outside Lisbon of sorely needed amended, or at the very least interpreted… in their humanitarian relief to favor of course! rebel-held areas north The government they usually follow so blindly is light plane made an girl died on the beach. Of- accident occurred at 4:50 of the city of Homs. now being deemed responsible for not explaining Aemergency landing on ficials said they were not p.m. Wednesday. the ins-and-outs of article 48 — the non-renewal of a packed beach near Lisbon aware of any injured. The dead girl was with her concessions in case of failure to develop and ope- yesterday [Macau time], The small aircraft, repor- parents, who were unhurt, rate, for being too slow in drafting an urban plan,

killing a 56-year-old man tedly a Cessna, carrying witnesses told local televi- ap photo for not providing the necessary authorizations in and an 8-year-old girl who two people appeared to be sion channels. The plane due course… in short, for fooling them! How can that be when they are supposedly one and the were sunbathing, authori- in difficulty and wobbled passed over the dead man’s same? What a sense of betrayal they must have ties said. as it skimmed low over the legs as he sunbathed on a felt when the Chief Executive announced that he Hundreds of sunbathers sunbathers, scattering them towel, they said. No others “strongly rejected” any amendment of the law! Mu- were on the popular beach and spreading panic on the were reportedly hurt. tiny was in the air. Article 75 of the Basic Law was at Caparica, 30 kilometers beach, witnesses said. The bodies lay covered on being brandished: after all, a bill can be introduced south of Lisbon, and wit- The plane appeared to the sand as police cordoned by a legislator or a group of them if it does not nesses said some sunba- have a partly broken left off the area. relate to “public expenditure, political structure or thers ran into the sea to wing, which hung lower The two occupants of the Producers of a new the operation of the government“! Truly, a matter UK avoid the plane. than the right wing, Por- plane were unhurt and documentary about of rule of law and separation of powers! Montes- The National Maritime tuguese television pictures were being questioned by Princess Diana say it quieu-inspired for sure. How solemn! How noble! Authority said the man and showed. Officials said the police. offers insight. Critics Luckily for us, the government learnt a lesson AP say it’s nothing but in May 2014, when it ended up being challenged exploitation. But a by the street over the so-called Perks’ bill. Back former bodyguard says then the proposal of law was favoring government Diana would have been officials themselves, and especially a soon-to-be- times square by rodrigo pleased that candid replaced highly unpopular governmental team recordings of her are widely perceived as both indecisive and incompe- being broadcast in tent. The mistake had been to trust the very same Britain for the first time. legislators who are now asking for the land law to be amended: for these people, anything goes and public opinion is of little consequence. Not being returned by universal suffrage, they are convinced ap photo that their own ceremonial hold over society throu- gh their positions in richly endowed associations can subvert any resistance, no matter how legiti- mate and prevalent it is. Let it linger then; let it rot and wait for the ri- ght opportunity to change the rules of the game. Greed is acceptable only as long as it does not find echoes in unfairness. Apart for Zheng Anting who appears to be completely out of touch with With his job public sentiment, nobody toys with mutiny claims Brazil on the line, President anymore. The Chief Executive visits the Assem- Michel Temer eked bly and boasts about the generosity of the central out a victory in a authorities and his own accomplishments, and all congressional vote the loyal legislators can do is ask for better-trained over a bribery charge civil servants, more facilities for the elderly or free against him that has education for all in universities. Why and how? fueled angst and anger Only the frivolous poster and cardboard holders across Latin America’s seem to care. largest nation. More on p15