Spy Vs Spy<\/strong><\/h2>\nIntriguingly, if Beijing has indeed been spying on its public servants in Macau, Chinese agents may not have been the only operatives in town.<\/p>\n
A report compiled by a private investigator in 2010, which came to light during the high-profile wrongful dismissal case between LVS and the former CEO of Sands China Steven Jacobs, suggested Beijing was convinced that LVS\u2019 properties in Macau were crawling with CIA agents.<\/p>\n
The Chinese government believed these agents were involved in the \u201cluring and entrapping mainland government officials, involved in gaming,\u201d in the hope of blackmailing them into \u201ccooperating with US government interests,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n
If true, it places China\u2019s anti-graft policy in Macau in a revealing new light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Chinese mainland officials who once piled the proceeds of their embezzlement onto the baccarat tables of Macau are a thing of the past, according to Ho Iat Seng, president of the enclave\u2019s legislative assembly. Speaking to Chinese state-run media during a trip to Beijing this week, Ho claimed that the facial recognition technology used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":72762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18,61,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Beijing Spies on Chinese Officials Gambling in Macau, Says Lawmaker<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n