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Internet cafes prey on students
By Zhang Xuanchen |
March 18, 2011, Friday
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POLICE in south China are probing loansharks that allegedly lured middle school students into online gambling and extorted them for money.
A group of suspects wandering outside Wenchang Middle School in Hainan Province were said to hook students into Internet cafes, where they played online soccer gambling games and quickly ran into debts owed to cafe owners, Xinhua quoted a school official as saying today.
The suspects then turned into loansharkers to constantly harrass students and their parents, forcing them to pay back the money with high interests, Chen Yihai, a teacher of the school, said.
For example, a student who borrowed 2,400 yuan (US$365) from a cafe owner was compelled to pay back 6,000 yuan.
A poster who claimed to be a father of a grade-three student said his daughter had become addicted to online gambling and brought the family into "a bottomless pit of debts" this year.
Chen confirmed what the poster said, adding that some food stores and shops on campus also used gambling games to attract students.
Local police also fought such practice but couldn't root it out because it was hard for prosecutors to accept cases involving a small amount of money.
Yang Bao, a police officer, said they will continue to crack down on the illegal business while parents should also take care of their childeren.
A group of suspects wandering outside Wenchang Middle School in Hainan Province were said to hook students into Internet cafes, where they played online soccer gambling games and quickly ran into debts owed to cafe owners, Xinhua quoted a school official as saying today.
The suspects then turned into loansharkers to constantly harrass students and their parents, forcing them to pay back the money with high interests, Chen Yihai, a teacher of the school, said.
For example, a student who borrowed 2,400 yuan (US$365) from a cafe owner was compelled to pay back 6,000 yuan.
A poster who claimed to be a father of a grade-three student said his daughter had become addicted to online gambling and brought the family into "a bottomless pit of debts" this year.
Chen confirmed what the poster said, adding that some food stores and shops on campus also used gambling games to attract students.
Local police also fought such practice but couldn't root it out because it was hard for prosecutors to accept cases involving a small amount of money.
Yang Bao, a police officer, said they will continue to crack down on the illegal business while parents should also take care of their childeren.
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