Snooker star Stephen Lee charged for teaching without permit at Hong Kong billiards hall
Immigration raid led to arrests of British former world number five player and two others at newly opened facility in Jordan
British snooker star Stephen Lee has been charged after being arrested for teaching without a permit at a billiards hall in Hong Kong.
He was arrested during an immigration raid along with two others, including former Hong Kong professional snooker player Au Chi-wai of the newly opened billiards hall, Q School, in Jordan.
Lee, 43, appeared at Tuen Mun Court on Saturday morning and denied a charge of breaching his condition of stay in the city.
The former world number five player was released on bail and is to appear at Sha Tin Court on Monday.
Au, 48, and a staff member of the billiards hall, both Hong Kong residents, were arrested in the raid on Thursday in relation to the suspected illegal employment. But they were not charged and were released on bail by the Immigration Department.
A source said that when the department acted on intelligence and raided the facility the snooker star was “teaching” there.