Man Jumps from Casino Ship to Escape Loan Sharks
Gambling on loan-shark borrowed cash is all fun and games until such time you lose all of that money and are forced to remove to your skivvies and jump from your own floor that is third cabin aboard the casino ship that was the reason for your short-lived fun and subsequent woes, into the frigid waters of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor below.
A Chinese national surnamed Lu found that out the way that is hard week, based on the Chinese language magazine Ming Pao. He allegedly borrowed HK$120,000 (approximately US$15,460) from loan sharks and embarked on a night of gambling aboard the casino ship, which skirts (or rather sails) around Hong Kong’s strict gambling laws by cruising out into international waters, a increasingly popular ploy the world over.
The ship was someplace nearby the Eastern Harbor Crossing Tunnel between Lei Yue Mun and Kwun Tong once the man made their escape effort (the loan sharks were presumably up to speed with him) after burning through the borrowed cash. He wrapped his papers and exactly what money that is little had left in plastic, stripped down, donned a life coat, and jumped from the screen of his cabin.
Rather than being free to swim to safety and make his wet way house however, he was found by another ship, which promptly brought him, soaking and sullen, to a police that is nearby, and then after that to the hospital for a check-up.
Whilst the guy was launched by authorities and has not been charg