Reminders for Chinese citizens to stay away from gambling

Recently, we have received a series of reports of Chinese citizens suffering huge property losses due to gambling.The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka once again reminded Chinese citizens to go to Sri Lanka to effectively strengthen their legal awareness and stay away from gambling.

The laws of our country strictly prohibit gambling, cross-border gambling has been officially punished. Even if there are legal casinos abroad, cross-border gambling is also suspected of violating the laws of our country, especially participating in the organization of gambling, gambling stations, etc., will be prosecuted according to the law. For violations of the law, the consulate will not be able to provide consular protection. Ask the Chinese citizen to recognize the illegality, harmfulness of cross-border gambling, be clean, away from gambling.

At the same time, we remind Chinese citizens that they must carefully distinguish high-paying recruitment information so as not to fall into gambling and fraud and be forced to engage in illegal activities.

In case of emergency, please call the following phone for assistance:

Sri Lanka Police Department:

Police (national): 0094 119, 118

Police (Colombo) 0094 11-2433333

Tourism Police (Colombo): 0094 11-2421070, 11-2421052

Consular Protection and Assistance of the Embassy in Sri Lanka: 0094 11-2676033

Department of Foreign Affairs Global Consular Protection and Emergency Call Center Phone 0086-10-12308 or 0086-10-65612308