News Analysis The recent arrest of Alvin Chau, CEO of Suncity Group, the world’s largest junket operator in Macau, raised the question of whether he’ll be sent back to China, a move that experts believe lacks legality and imposes a challenge to the “One Country, Two Systems” in Macau. On Nov. 27, Macau’s judiciary police arrested Chau on suspicion of money laundering and using Macau as a base to set up a cross-border internet betting platform in the Philippines. Macau, formerly a Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast, has separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of “One Country, Two Systems.” Repatriation Lacks Legal Basis Macau lawyer Vitor Tang indicated that unwritten practices do exist between China and Macau and that suspects have been handed over through ungoverned zones. However, when it involves Macau residents, the practice may violate the Basic Law. Whether Chau …
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