141 prosecuted in US$10mil gambling ring in Hanoi


Ho Dai Dung (left), former Vice Chairman of the Phu Tho Provincial People’s Committee, and Ngo Ngoc Duc, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Binh City, are among the 141 prosecuted individuals. — tienphong.vn

HANOI: A total of 141 people, including former high-ranking Vietnamese officials and several South Korean nationals, have been prosecuted in a sweeping illegal gambling case uncovered at King Club located inside Hanoi's Pullman Hotel.

The case, one of the largest of its kind in recent years, involves an estimated VNĐ2.6 trillion (nearly US$107 million) in gambling transactions, according to a statement released on Friday by the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

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