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Couple Fined for Gambling – Money Seized
February 3rd, 2017 | 10:27 AM | 2845 views
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
A couple was ordered to settle fine of $800 each, or serve three weeks' jail in default of payment after they pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court last Tuesday to gambling.
Fifty-two-year-old green identity card holder Fong Mee. Hong and 43-year-old permanent resident Mak Nyuk Mei were arrested by the Anti-Vice and Gambling Suppression Unit, Criminal Investigation Department of Police at 1.50am on February 7, 2013 at a house in Kampong Kilanas.
Police seized money and items used in a game of "Pai Kow".
The court ordered cash amounting to $9,852 as well as the gaming items to be forfeited to the state.
DPP Karen Tan represented the Public Prosecutor in the case presided by Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid.
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