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Yoshitsune Minamoto
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Jun 14, 2010
M'sian man stole casino chips
<!-- by line --> By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
A MALAYSIAN man who stole five chips amounting to $200 from a woman at Resorts World Sentosa casino last week was fined $2,000 on Monday. Ahmad Sharifuddin A. Shukor, 57, pleaded guilty to stealing the chips from Madam Lye Sam Moi, 57, at a baccarat table on June 10. The court heard that Madam Lye was gambling with two others at the casino when she told her friend, Madam Zhao Fengzhi, 49, to look after a stack of chips at the edge of the baccarat table. She then went to another table to gamble. Ahmad came along and told Madam Zhao, a Chinese national, that the stack of chips on the table was left by his friend.
But Madam Zhao insisted that the stack belonged to her friend and pulled the chips nearer to her. After a few games, Madam Zhao turned her head when her friend called her and when she turned back, the chips were gone. She called Madam Lye, who returned to the table and complained to the dealer. CCTV footage showed Ahmad taking the victim's chips. After cashing out his chips and the victim's, he left and went to Marina Bay Sands casino to gamble and lost all his money there. He could have been jailed for up to three years and fined.
