Macau casino 'crime watchdog' is shut down
Macau 'watchdog' folds after seven months amid allegation of threats from top gaming figures
A US-based website which pledged to lift the lid on organised crime in Macau's casinos has been shut down after just seven months.
Launched in February, the website received a hostile reception from official regulators in the world's most cash-rich gaming destination, who accused those behind it of having "questionable motives".
Sources confirmed to the Sunday Morning Post that the website received at least one "crude" legal threat from a prominent Hong Kong and Macau business figure over the content of the site.
The man who set up the site with the backing of American trade union the International Union of Operating Engineers - many of whose members work in US casinos - would say only that "lack of impact" led to its closure.