Is it true that the mahjong room was cancelled?

In some areas, there are notices to cancel mahjong halls, such as Tian Yue Sub-district Office in Pingjiang County. The notice is as follows:

In order to comply with the voice of the masses, maintain public order and stability, crack down on unhealthy practices, purify social atmosphere, and actively create a civilized and harmonious living environment, the Street Party Working Committee and the office decided to carry out centralized rectification of gambling chess rooms and mahjong halls within their jurisdiction from July 25, 2022. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

1. All mahjong parlors and chess rooms where many people gamble for profit are banned (including: mahjong parlors for business, mahjong parlors in teahouses, mahjong parlors on separate floors of hotels, mahjong parlors hidden in shops, basements of residential buildings, garages, rental houses, factories and other places).

2. Order the for-profit mahjong hall and chess room to close by themselves before July 25, 2022.

3. If it fails to close or cancel itself within the time limit, Tian Yue Street will check with Sanyang Police Station according to law. Once gambling is found in the above places, the operators, staff and gambling participants of mahjong parlors, teahouses and hotels will be punished according to the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment.

Collecting and destroying gambling facilities in mahjong parlors, teahouses and hotels; If it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility will be investigated according to the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC); Anyone involved in organizing cadres, participating in gambling or providing conditions for gambling in party member shall be punished according to law and transferred to the supervision department of the Commission for Discipline Inspection.

4. Obstructing law enforcement officers from performing their official duties by means of violence, threats, intimidation, abuse, etc. By the public security organs in accordance with the "People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law" to be dealt with, which constitutes a crime, transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility.

Five, the broad masses of the people should deeply understand the serious harm of gambling, further enhance the consciousness of resisting all kinds of gambling activities, and actively support and supervise the rectification work.

Tel: 0730-6288440 (Sanyang Police Station) and 0730-630 1688 (Tian Yue Sub-district Office). The public security organ shall keep the identity of the informant confidential; Those who retaliate against informants and witnesses will be dealt with severely according to law.

Relevant laws and regulations:

Article 70 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment stipulates that anyone who provides conditions for gambling for the purpose of making profits or participates in gambling in a large amount shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and fined for more than 3,000 yuan in 500 yuan.

Article 303 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Whoever gathers people to gamble or gamble for profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined.

Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Yueyang daily client-notice on banning mahjong halls and chess rooms within the jurisdiction according to law