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Niall Fraser
Niall Fraser
Niall Fraser is a an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience in Hong Kong, Asia and the wider world. He is a former editor of the Sunday Morning Post.

As China tightens its grip on its special administrative regions, Macau faces potentially drastic changes in key areas including VIP junkets, casino licences and US operators.

Released from jail in 2012, notorious Macau triad boss ‘Broken Tooth’ Wan Kuok-koi was named alongside Carrie Lam in last year’s US Treasury sanctions as a ‘threat to global order’. Why?

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After a high-profile vice crackdown, Macau was supposed to clean up its act. But This Week in Asia finds prostitution rackets operating in some of its most famous locations, suggesting that much is still rotten in this freewheeling city.

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The 24-page document, prepared by Fraud and Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce, was designed to sharpen ability of financial firms to spot suspicious transactions

Critics say a lack of legal cooperation with other jurisdictions has been laid bare by recent high-profile cases involving those fleeing justice, and some experts believe a lax approach and opaque procedures are there for a reason.

Spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says move to use just the name of the main base in missions’ formal titles will not affect their ability to discharge their duties.

Billionaire businesswoman Angela Leong On-kei and rights activist Albano Martins team up to build home for displaced animals after closure of Asia’s last legal dog racing track.

Security insider in Macau says maximum period of 30 days Low Taek Jho would be allowed to stay in casino hub has passed and only possible option is to make asylum request with immigration authorities.

Hong Kong and Macau authorities silent after police official in Kuala Lumpur tells media that Malaysian financier at centre of country’s 1MDB scandal was thought to be in hiding.