Chau had even been appointed to a prestigious CCP committee, a seemingly quiet endorsement of his operations. For years, the Chinese Communist Party had allowed Chau to build his junket empire, even though it appeared to conflict with the party\u2019s anti-gambling edicts. The public reporting of Chau\u2019s activities in Australia at the NSW Bergin inquiry and at the Finkelstein royal commission in Victoria placed Chinese authorities in a bind. As it looked into Suncity operatives behind closed doors, ACIC also provided information about the company to the state commissions of inquiry into Crown Resorts that, along with media expos\u00e9s, led to the overhaul of Crown and Australia\u2019s gambling industry. \u201cCoercive examinations are one of the tools we use to exert maximum pressure on all levels of the criminal enterprise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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