Three witnesses give varied testimonies on marketing parallel betting

Testimonies from three Suncity workers yesterday varied on whether the company had proactively promoted parallel betting.

It was presented to the court that marketing officers at the company would promote parallel betting to gamblers, which when accepted would trigger certain preparatory procedures.

When questioned at yesterday’s court hearing, a worker-witness surnamed Ho admitted that a successful pitch of parallel betting would result in him receiving a bonus commission. Nonetheless, he said he had never received such commissions.

Another witness, surnamed Lei, said that his main job was to book cars and rooms for customers. He also admitted that “simple” training on parallel betting was provided at the beginning of his employment. He also admitted that his superintendent had mentioned suspect No 5, Cheong Chi Kin, was the head of operations for parallel betting.

However, both denied that they had had any role in promoting parallel betting. 

The third witness, surnamed Ng, who worked at a division different from the aforementioned two witnesses, denied proactively promoting parallel betting. In fact, Ng was told about parallel betting so he would know if customers were engaging in the practice.

Ng added that training was offered to obtain intelligence for better servicing customers. AL