The Arrest of Alvin Chau and Macau Extradition
The Arrest of Alvin Chau Suncity Group closed all of its VIP Clubs in Macau following the arrest of CEO Alvin Chau by Macau’s Judiciary Police on 27 November 2021. Chau remains under arrest awaiting trial for alleged criminal association, illegal gambling, money laundering. Chau’s arrest came a day after China’s Wenzhou Public Security Bureau issued an arrest warrant of its own, accusing him of “opening casinos in China” via the operation of cross-border gambling operations. Here is the text of a recent interview on this matter. Q: Do you know if there was any case-by-case transferal of fugitives from Macau to mainland China since 1999? There have been ad hoc transfers in spite of the Macau Court of Final Appeals’ (TUI) holding that local authorities could not transfer criminal suspects to mainland China absent a formal agreement. Two key cases occurred in short succession in 2007 and 2008. Both involved Hong Kong permanent residents being detained upon arrival at the M