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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Wenzhou, a city in eastern China, has issued an arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Alvin Chau, accusing him of operating gambling activities in mainland China. Chau is the founder of Macau’s biggest junket operator, Suncity, which operates VIP gambling rooms across Asia. Junket operators are go-betweens who bring high rollers to play at casinos, extending them credit and collecting on their debts. Casino gambling is illegal in China outside the special administrative region of Macau, the world’s largest gambling hub. An investigation found that Chau formed a junket age…