Guangdong police step up anti-gambling work

A senior police officer has promised to give top priority in the months ahead to fighting criminal gangs and shadow banks, and going after the organizers and managers of online gambling activities.

Cai Hui, director of the social security bureau of the Guangdong Department of Public Security, said police across the province will spare no effort to bust any officials or law enforcement officers who act as "protective umbrellas" for gambling by tipping off the criminals.

Cai, who made the comments at a news conference in Guangzhou on Thursday, said the Guangdong police had detained 140 suspected gamblers after busting a major online gambling ring in Jiangmen, in the western part of the Pearl River Delta.