In Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on the night of March 24, a group of three to four armed individuals attacked Taiwanese entrepreneur Lin Binwen, known by the nicknames 'King of Gambling' and 'Eel'. He suffered 29 gunshot wounds and later died in the hospital, as reported by the Taiwanese publication Liberty Times.
Lin was wanted internationally as a suspect in the case of the 88 Club, an elite private gambling club in Taiwan. The club operated a network of underground banking that handled $680 million linked to illegal online gambling. Transfers within the network were conducted using the messenger PGTalk.
In 2023, Taiwanese authorities extradited the club's leader, Kuo Chien-min, who was sentenced to nearly 12 years in May 2025. This case has become one of the largest police corruption scandals in Taiwan in recent years, resulting in disciplinary actions against more than twenty law enforcement officials. Investigators are examining the connection between the murder and investments in land-based casinos, money laundering, or financial disputes.