Former Crown Resorts boss Rowen Craigie has said he was not made aware by executives running the VIP operation that Crown's China employees were living in fear of arrest
Former Crown Resorts chief executive Rowen Craigie has said neither he nor the board was made aware of escalating risks in China by executives, running Crown's VIP gambling business, in the lead up to the arrest of Crown employees in October 2016.
"The board and risk management committee should have been informed," he said of this and other information, which included Crown employees being questioned by police in China. Counsel assisting the inquiry, Adam Bell, asked Mr Craigie: "Do you agree, from what I’ve shown you, that it appears there was a breakdown in the corporate governance of Crown Resorts in relation to this issue."The inquiry heard earlier from Crown executive Ishan Kunaratnam who came up with the idea to remove the company logo from the VIP jets used to transport Chinese high rollers to Crown's casinos in Australia.
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