Three arrests over 'Chinese chess scams'
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Three arrests over 'Chinese chess scams'
2023-05-29 HKT 17:02
- Senior inspector Chan King-lok says street deception has become more common recently. Photo courtesy of the Hong Kong Police Force.
Police on Monday said they had made three arrests over reports of people being robbed or conned out of money after being persuaded to play a game of Chinese chess in the street.
Two elderly people allegedly lost almost HK$10,000 between them on two separate occasions last week, in Wan Chai and Hung Hom.
Three people from the mainland, aged between 49 and 65, were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, pickpocketing and snatching.
Senior police inspector Chan King-lok said a criminal gang has been carrying out such crimes in the city since February.
"Apart from cases involving Chinese chess game, they have also pretended to be monks and priests, targeting elderly people on the street, offering prayer and fortune-telling services, and selling amulets," he said.
Chan warned people to be on the alert for street deception, saying such scams have become more common recently
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1702565-20230529.htm
Why are the chinks still playing chink chess? I thought they are now the world champs in western chess after beating some fat russian slob.
The final day of the World Chess Championship was always going to be a nervy affair, but few could have predicted just how tense the battle would be.
After the classical section of the tournament ended 7-7 after 14 games, the championship between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren went to tiebreaks.
In the fourth and final rapid tiebreak game Sunday in Kazakhstan, it was Ding who was victorious, winning the rapid tiebreak by 2.5 points to 1.5 to become China’s first world chess champion in the open category.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/30/sport/ding-liren-world-chess-champion-spt-intl/index.html
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