Crown shares dive as China detains high-roller chief

Shares in billionaire James Packer's Crown Resorts plunged on Monday after 18 sales and marketing staff were detained in China, including an executive in charge of luring high-rollers to Australia. "In relation to media reports on the weekend, Crown Resorts Limited believes that Crown's executive vice president VIP International, Jason O'Connor, is one of 18 Crown employees that have been detained by Chinese authorities," the company said in a statement. "To date, Crown has not been able to spea