EIGHT people have landed in trouble within the first three days of the Resorts World Sentosa casino opening.
Two Mongolians were arrested on Monday at the casino entrance at Resorts World Sentosa for cheating by impersonation.
The pair, aged 45 and 18, are released on police bail and investigations are ongoing. The younger Mongolian, who is studying in a private school here, had allegedly used the passport of the 45-year-old's son to enter the casino as he is underage.
Meanwhile, five others, including Singaporeans and permanent residents, have been caught for trying to sneak into the casino without paying the $100 levy on Sunday - the first day the casino was opened to the public.
The day levy is $100 and the annual fee is $2,000.
Separately, an Indonesian gambler who claimed he lost all his money at the RWS casino, stole a mobile phone from an undergraduate at Changi Airport. Paulus Djohar, 49, unemployed, was jailed for four weeks on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
From Straits Times, "8 face casino-linked offences".
AN INDONESIAN man who lost all his money at the Resorts World Sentosa casino stole a mobile phone from an undergraduate at Changi Airport.
Paulus Djohar, 49, unemployed, was jailed for four weeks on Wednesday after pleading guilty to stealing a $500 phone from Ms Lim Tse Min at Terminal 1 on Tuesday.
A court heard that he came here from Malaysia last Tuesday with the intention of patronising the newly-opened casino at RWS. As he lost all his money gambling at the casino on Monday, the second day of its opening, he decided to steal from passengers at Changi Airport.
Early on Tuesday morning, Djohar was at the airport when he approached Ms Lim, who was with a group sending a friend off.
One of them in the group saw his suspicious movements and alerted Ms Lim, who discovered the phone gone from the side pocket of her backpack. She and the witness confronted Djohar.
Djohar, who said he regretted what he had done, could have been jailed for up to three years and/or fined.
From Straits Times, "Man stole after casino losses".
