5 plead not guilty to illegal gambling

Posted on Nov 03 2000

Five of the six Chinese nationals accused of conducting illegal gambling operations in Garapan pleaded not guilty during their arraignment yesterday in the U.S. District Court.

The other defendant did not appear at the hearing. Two are still being detained by the U.S. Marshal, while the three are out on bail.

They were indicted the other day by a grand jury on four counts of illegal gambling, conspiracy and money laundering which were filed by the federal government.

Liu Jun Wei alias “A-Wei,” Tam Pan “Bing Ge,” Huang Hui Men “A-Huang,” Chen Cheng Zhan “A-Chen,” Cai Zai Ming “A-Ming,” and Chen Yung Yao “Daryl Chen” were named as defendants.

It was only “Daryl Chen” who was not arraigned at yesterday’s court proceeding.

Based on court documents, the alleged illegal gambling operations involving beto-beto , baccarat and big & small games began on July 1997 and continued until August of this year.

The business was set up on the second floor of Poon’s Restaurant along Middle Road in Garapan.

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