Macau (MNA) – The local chapter of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE Local 501) have filed a request regarding 23 of legislator Angela Leong On Kei’s business interests to the Court of Final Instance (TUI) on October 31 has not been replied at the time of the writing.
The letter, which Macau News Agency (MNA) had access to, requesting clarification on 23 Macau-based firms of Angela Leong that have not been publicly listed, despite the requirement that judiciary members are required to make regular financial disclosure statements.
According to the research done, Leong has listed 31 Macau-based corporations, 87 Hong Kong based companies, six companies in Mainland China, 99 British Virgin Islands-based companies and six companies in Australia in her financial disclosure statement as of 2013.
It is not entirely clear if many of the business interests listed are active.
Additionally, the letter claimed that the union had started the investigation by researching International Game Technology (IGT) and its interests in local businesses.
In the letter, IUOE Local 501 highlighted that IGT is involved in a strategic agreement with Paradise Entertainment operating satellite casinos under a Sociedades de Jogos de Macau S.A (SJM Holdings) concession.
It is public knowledge that several satellite casinos operate under Paradise Entertainment’s purview, including Kam Pek Casino.
In regards to the satellite casinos, head of Paradise Entertainment Jay Chun has told MNA that the company is “a listed company,” adding that the company had nothing to hide.
IUOE Local 501 has not contacted Mr. Chun.
IUOE, a United States-based union, represents over 2,000 maintenance engineers and slot machine technicians in Las Vegas, Nevada, and has been continually investigating Macau and its business interests, despite being based in the United States.
In 2015, the union had filed a letter to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Government, claiming the government’s anti-graft policy will not work if Macau’s regulation of the VIP gaming industry is not to be extended.
The union had also funded the now-defunct website Casino Leaks Macau, which had shut down in 2012.
