Macau’s Court of Appeal has ordered the local gaming watchdog, the DICJ (Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau), to provide a lawyer with a list of junkets operating within the properties of an undisclosed Macau gaming operator.
The sentence establishes that, as the information requested of both the junkets and the operator is in the public domain, the DICJ must provide the junket list to the lawyer within 10 days from Monday.
The sentence also noted that so long as the requested information is public and doesn’t interfere with trade secrets or the related company’s financial performance, no objection to the petition can be made.
The case began when a lawyer preparing a legal action requested from the DICJ a list of all junkets working with the unnamed gaming concessionaire. After no response was received, the lawyer requested access to the information through the Administrative Court, which rejected the petition.
The Court of Appeal revoked the Administrative Court’s initial decision on Monday, setting a precedent for similar cases in the future.
