Visas by day, baccarat by night
SINGAPORE – A former Senegal diplomat has been jailed eight weeks for turning the African country’s Singapore consulate into a high-end gambling den where punters dropped S$30,000 on a single game of cards.
Sujono Kusni admitted to allowing a thriving casino to run inside the East Coast Road office.
In an extraordinary case, a court heard that the consulate handed out visas during the day and hosted high rollers at night.
The 38-year-old admitted to making over S$23,000 in the venture.
The gambling den featured a VIP room with card games like baccarat, where the stakes ranged from $300 to $30,000, according to an undercover investigation by the Straits Times that exposed the operation.
The illegal den boasted more than 300 members and had at least $1 million in chips.
Three men who bankrolled the venture were sentenced to between four and six weeks last year.
Ian Jarrett
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