Insight - China tightens grip on Macau as dissent rises in gambling hub


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Dec 2014

Test chips with security measures by Gaming Partners International (GPI), a provider of casino currency and equipment, are displayed on a gaming table during the Global Gaming Expo Asia in Macau in this May 22, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

MACAU (Reuters) - By night, Ieong Man Teng was dealing baccarat to gamblers at the Wynn Macau casino. By day, he was mobilising thousands of fellow dealers to protest on the street for better working conditions and higher pay.

That made him one of the people on Beijing's watch list earlier this year in Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub.

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