China has urged the Philippine government to ban all kinds of online gambling in the country following the recent move of the government to suspend accepting applications for offshore gaming operations (POGO).
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang lauded the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation’s (PAGCOR) announcement to suspend accepting POGO license application until concerns of all parties were “comfortably addressed.”
“We hope the Philippines will go further and ban all online gambling,” Geng said as per the report from Rappler.
China hopes that Manila and Beijing could “jointly tackle criminal activities including online gambling and cyber fraud”.
In Southeast Asia, Cambodia has banned online games which, similar to the Philippines, has become hub of online gambling where some Chinese-run casinos operate.
