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Renowned Thai Chinese Murdered in Macao's Casino

Renowned Thai Chinese Shi Hian Chen was found murdered Friday afternoon in his room at the Hotel Lisboa, Macao's biggest casino, with his belongings worth 7 million patacas (843,000 US dollars) stolen, police said.


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Renowned Thai Chinese Shi Hian Chen was found murdered Friday afternoon in his room at the Hotel Lisboa, Macao's biggest casino, with his belongings worth 7 million patacas (843,000 US dollars) stolen, police said.

Chen was found bounded and dead by a hotel staff calling for room cleaning. One of his assistants, bounded and mouth-sealed, was not hurt.

On-the-spot investigations by police suggested that Chen was murdered in the morning by a male burglar armed with a knife. Police are making an all-out search for the murderer.

Chen, president of the Thai-Chinese Journalist Welfare Fund, was a tycoon of tourism and real estate business in Thailand. Born in 1932 in south China's Guangdong Province, he moved to Thailand as a teenager, where he established his career. He was a big donator to Chinese public causes including education, culture and disaster relief.


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