PR arrested for posing as foreigner to enter casino

[Xiahou Yuan]

PR arrested for posing as foreigner to enter casino
Posted: 07 December 2010 2124 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A 47-year-old female Singaporean PR tried to enter the casino at Resorts World Sentosa using the identity of a foreigner.

She was arrested by police on Monday after the casino's security officers found out that she was impersonating as a foreigner to avoid paying entry levy.

The suspect will be charged in court on Thursday with cheating.

If convicted, she can be jailed up to 5 years and fined.

She would also be liable to pay entry levy and the amount of levy that was not paid.

-CNA/ac

 

[chobolan]

Woman posed as another to enter casino


Dec 9, 2010

Woman posed as another to enter casino

By Elena Chong

Lili alias Lie Lie, 47, pleaded guilty to posing as Ceni, to enter the Resorts World Sentosa casino. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG

AN UNEMPLOYED woman who entered the casino by using a friend's passport to evade paying the $100 levy ended up paying $5,600 in fines on Thursday.

Lili alias Lie Lie, 47, a Singapore permanent resident, pleaded guilty to posing as Ceni, an Indonesian national, to enter the Resorts World Sentosa casino by producing the latter's passport on Nov 6.

Ms Ceni, 26 who goes by one name, had arrived here for a social visit two days earlier and handed her passport to Lili for safekeeping. She did not expect Lili to use her passport to enter the casino to avoid paying the levy.

A security officer stopped Lili for a random check at about 11pm and found that the photograph in the passport did not resemble Lili's facial features.

Lili admitted using her friend's passport to avoid paying the $100 levy, which she had since paid. Two other similar charges were taken into consideration.