Crown Resorts has been unable to contact any of its employees since they were detained three days ago in a series of late-night raids in China and taken away for questioning. “Crown is staying in close contact with and is providing support to the families of our employees in China and Australia.”Crown believes that Jason O’Connor, the head of Crown’s VIP International team is one of 18 Crown employees being questioned by Chinese authorities. Eighteen Crown employees were arrested in the raids on Thursday night, including three Australians. In a statement, the foreign ministry would only say the group was being detained for “gambling crimes”. Macau is the only territory in China where casinos are allowed, and James Packer’s Crown group has two resorts there.

Source: The Guardian October 17, 2016 00:01 UTC