PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he will allow Chinese gambling operator Jack Lam to return to the Philippines if he vows to pay taxes correctly and stop bribing government officials.

Duterte, who was in Legazpi City, said Lam must renegotiate his contract for online gaming operations at Clark free port’s Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino, which had been ordered shut after a November 24 raid that led to the arrest of 1,000 illegal Chinese workers.

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