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Indonesian court imprisons mahjong players for 7 months

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Four Hong Kong men caught red-handed in a high-stakes mahjong game in Indonesia - apparently after a disgruntled wife of one of the players informed the police - have been sentenced to seven months in prison.

Chin Yin-hui, 48, Wong Kar-kui, 52, Wong Wah-kam, 59, and Johny Leung, 58, were found guilty on Thursday of breaking Indonesia's anti-gambling laws.

They were arrested in February in the city of Bandung, West Java, when caught playing a game in their hotel room.

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Police showed the court photos of the men with surprised expressions on their faces and their hands in the air during the raid.

Outside the court, the wife of one of the men, a Chinese national, claimed she had called the police because she was 'sick of her husband gambling all the time'.

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Police told the court the game involved a 'considerable amount of cash'.

The four were found guilty of violating the law by gambling.

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