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Masked robbers who looted mahjong players face charges |
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Written by Shanghai Daily
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011 07:43 |
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SHANGHAI - Five masked gangsters who robbed 13 people of more than 70,000 yuan (US$11,000; €8,500) in a mahjong room in Jinshan District have been arrested on charges of robbery, city prosecutors said yesterday. Six offenders, aged 17 to 25, allegedly covered their faces with black masks and broke into the mahjong room in Weilong Residential Community around the midnight of July 29.
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Champion trainer sentenced after leaving bribe money in mahjong room |
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Written by Ada Lee and Stuart Lau
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Friday, 18 November 2011 12:08 |
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HONG KONG - Racing legend Brian Kan Ping-chee today was found guilty of offering a HK$130,000 (€12,580, USD 16,670) election bribe to a village representative. The former champion trainer, 73, left 130 HK$1,000 banknotes in the shop of Sheung Shui village representative Liu Fu-sau as an inducement for Liu to vote for him in a Heung Yee Kuk ballot in March.
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103-year-old likes playing mahjong |
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Friday, 17 June 2011 05:18 |
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 Wu Xiuqiong, 103 years old, plays mahjong in Guiyang, Southwest China's Guizhou province, June 13, 2011. Wu was born in Guizhou in 1909 and gave birth to six children, one of whom is a former manager of a local football club. She plays mahjong almost every day and likes to watch soccer matches. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
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Last Updated on Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:41 |
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Barber gets jail for mahjong killing - 28 years later |
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Written by Staff
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 12:49 |
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SINGAPORE - A barber who fled Singapore 28 years ago after fatally slashing a stall assistant has been jailed seven years. In 1983, then 29-year-old Lee Hong Mun slashed a stall assistant over a mahjong debt owed to an acquaintance.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:58 |
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Noisy mahjong gamblers caught |
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 22 August 2011 20:46 |
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PRATO (Toscany) Italy - Four Chinese have been arrested by local police because of gambling with mahjong. They could easily be trapped since, because of the heat, they had left the windows of their apartment open.
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Last Updated on Monday, 22 August 2011 21:03 |
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Gambling ring dismantled in Palma |
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 23 May 2011 06:24 |
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PALMA, Spain - An illegal gambling ring in a bar in Palma has been dismantled. Mostly Chinese citizens would meet to play poker and mahjong with money stakes, according to the National Police. During the police inspection, 18 people were implicated with €6,470 which was in play at the time of the raid.
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Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2011 06:28 |
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Europe may host 1st WC Riichi. Maybe
