MBS Casino ( Molest Case Cover - Up ) , SPF & CRA Powerless

[Yip Hon]

MBS staff files police report on

alleged molest by famous PRC comedian’s assistant


China News and Taiwan’s Apple Daily published news report today (19 Feb) on an alleged molestation incident which took place inside the VIP room of Marina Bay Sands’ (MBS) Casino a year ago.

Apparently, famous PRC comedian Zhao Benshan went to MBS to gamble in Feb last year. While inside the VIP room, he couldn’t find his hat. Another person, possibly his assistant, then proceeded to body search the MBS staff inside the room.

The victim, 35-year-old Ms Phua who was a cashier working in the VIP room then, said, “The man was searching the body of another male staff. Next moment, he suddenly came from behind using his hands to search my body from my chest to my waist. I have no time to respond. Although he did it quickly, it still made me very uncomfortable.”

Ms Phua later made a police report. After a long while, the police then informed her recently that the investigation was completed. This was when the media began to get hold of the story of the alleged molest last year. Yesterday (18 Feb), Zhao Benshan’s manager Liu Hui replied that he wasn’t sure of the incident. Liu said, “Zhao is not in Shenyang. I’m not with him. I don’t know about the matter.”
Ms Phua added that because of the incident, she was dismissed by MBS in Jul last year. However, MBS said that her dismissal was due to poor work performance.


According to the news report, Singapore Police and MBS said they couldn’t confirm if Zhao Benshan was present at the incident but Singapore Shin Min Daily News reported that Ms Phua refuted this, in her interview with Shin Min. She said it was because he lost his hat, his assistant then helped to body search the MBS staff, including herself. Hence, Zhao was definitely present.


The news report also revealed that Zhao and his assistant frequently flew into Singapore in a private jet to gamble. To become a VIP, one must gamble a minimum of S$100,000.

Ms Phua hopes that justice will be served. She told the media yesterday that the Police have informed her of the outcome of the investigation recently.

The Police said they have warned the man involved in body searching MBS staff. However, the Police asked Ms Phua not to talk about the matter to outsiders further.

 

[Yip Hon]

MBS casino the most Kiasu and Kelong casino .

wonder what MBS did to those CCTV Footages .

 

[wendychan]

Police asked Ms Phua not to talk about the matter to outsiders further.


assholes - what are they afraid of?

 

[Yip Hon]

CRA enforcement actions on MBS prior to News of Molest Case :\\



http://app.cra.gov.sg/public/www/content.aspx?sid=137

 

[Yip Hon]

Police asked Ms Phua not to talk about the matter to outsiders further.


assholes - what are they afraid of?

MBS is protecting its staffs at all.

 

[wendychan]

MBS protecting MBS

 

[Yip Hon]

MBS protecting MBS

No Union To Protect Ms Phua ?


NTUC Minister Lim S S should fired MBS Management .

 

[Brubeck]

If this is true, it is very sad. Our dignity and modesty being sold out by profit-making establishments.

 

[lianbeng]

The victim, 35-year-old Ms Phua who was a cashier working in the VIP room then, said, “... he suddenly came from behind using his hands to search my body from my chest to my waist. I have no time to respond. Although he did it quickly, it still made me very uncomfortable.”

lianbeng says when police do body-search and frisk a suspect that's what they do mah: press both open palms against the chest and move downwards! that guy only stopped at her waist, police could have pressed her karchng and between her thighs upwards. she must have enjoyed that for a moment lah!

 

[Lordshiva]

Police asked Ms Phua not to talk about the matter to outsiders further.


assholes - what are they afraid of?

Afraid of the rich foreigners or customers lah ...

 

[Lordshiva]

If this is true, it is very sad. Our dignity and modesty being sold out by profit-making establishments.

It's true that MBS can fired any staff without any valid reason . in MBS , customers is always right unless you cheat inside the casino of course .

 

[Rogue Trader]

how to hide a hat on her body?

 

[Lordshiva]

how to hide a hat on her body?

Hahahahaha .. Use this photo for a better laughing effect

 

[Brubeck]

Maybe the china joker lost a cap ...... a french cap. Because his england no good, cap he says hat.

Anyway, who wears hat in Singapore ?

 

[Yip Hon]

If this is true, it is very sad. Our dignity and modesty being sold out by profit-making establishments.

very hard to believe they

cannot find any CCTV footages

of the molest .


MBS was fined S$500k for this incident ?


CRA getting richer .

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Sinkies all together now....it's SUCK THUMB time!

 

[Yip Hon]

RULE OF LAW MY FOOT




When I spoke with some foreign friends about the current “anti-immigration” sentiment among Singaporeans, they invariably felt uneasy about the nationalistic undertones of this revulsion at immigration, and could not fathom why Singaporeans, themselves the progeny of migrants, have taken such a strong stance against the foreigner influx today.

It took some effort to explain to them that Singapore has always been a cosmopolitan city but the rate of the foreigner influx in the past five or six years has been phenomenal, nothing quite like what Singaporeans had experienced in the previous decades.

The rather indiscriminate admission of foreigners has also impacted on Singaporeans in a big way and laid bare the shortfalls in many of our government policies. The relentless rise in cost of living is unmitigated by our grossly inadequate social welfare system; the lack of a legislated minimum wage has depressed wages, particularly those of the blue-collar workers; the absence of autonomous trade unions has made Singaporean workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse by unscrupulous, greedy capitalists and so on.

To top it off, it has also exposed the precariousness of Singapore’s rule of law.

Is this a fair statement? Readers you may judge for yourself after reading about this incident below.

Playground for the Rich?

Unless you read Wanbao or Shin Min or this blogpost, you probably would not know about this case of a former female employee of the Marina Bay Sands casino who was allegedly molested by a VIP gambler.

The VIP gambler is a friend of a Chinese celebrity-comedian, a frequent patron of the MBS casino who often flew into Singapore on his private jet (read reports here and here).

Last February, the Chinese celebrity claimed to have lost his hat in a VIP room at the casino. His male friend promptly used the pretext to conduct a “body search” of the casino staff present, one of whom was the female employee Ms Phua.

Ms Phua told the Chinese media the man patted her from the chest to the waist.

As it all took place very fast, Ms Phua was taken aback. The incident was witnessed by Ms Phua’s colleague(s) and supposedly captured on CCTV surveillance cameras which were ubiquitous in the casino.

Ms Phua lodged a police report a few days later.

Many things happened from February 2012 to this February, before the incident finally came to light in the Chinese media:

The VIP gambler/suspect entered Singapore a number of times and was at MBS casino as recently as last month;

Ms Phua made a second police report to inform the police of the VIP gambler’s subsequent visits to the casino;

Ms Phua was sacked by MBS casino in July 2012;

Ms Phua sought assistance from AWARE, MOM and Chen Show Mao to no avail;

On 13 February 2013, ST reported that MBS casino was fined for not retaining surveillance footage over the period September 2011 to April 2012 (note the coincidence in timing);

As of 16 February 2013, the police told reporters that investigation was still ongoing.

However, a day or two later, the police contacted Ms Phua. She was told that the police had issued a “warning” to the suspect and the case was closed. Period.

Or so the police thought.

Questions

The police and the relevant authorities owe Ms Phua and the public answers to many questions.

The biggest question is: why was the VIP gambler/suspect let off with just a “warning”?

If the police did warn him, doesn’t it imply that there is enough evidence of his guilt? If the police did not manage to get hold of the relevant CCTV footage, why was it so? Was it because of a lapse on the part of the officers-in-charge?

Even without the CCTV footage, could the police not take further action based on the account of the witness(es)? Was the VIP gambler asked to assist with police investigation on his subsequent visits to Singapore? If not, why not?

And on the roles of the MBS casino and the MOM:

Since the conflict of interests was obvious in this case, has MOM looked into why Ms Phua was dismissed from employment? What sort of protection, if any, do the MBS casino and the MOM offer for employees caught in similar situations? Did MBS casino impose a gag order on its staff involved in the incident? What reason did MBS casino give for failing to retain the CCTV footage over the said period?

And most importantly, under the Singapore law, is there no other channel for an ordinary Singaporean like Ms Phua to seek redress for the injustice she suffered?

 

[Yip Hon]

“China News and Taiwan’s Apple Daily published news report today (19 Feb) on an alleged molestation incident which took place inside the VIP room of Marina Bay Sands’ (MBS) Casino a year ago.”

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February 20, 2013 at 11:45 am (Quote)

懒叫龙的传人:
Does this match !

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Business/Story/A1Story20130214-402073.html

SINGAPORE – Marina Bay Sands (MBS) was fined $475,000 by the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore (CRA) on Wednesday for surveillance breaches.

The integrated resort had failed on three counts and were fined under Regulation 3(2) of the Casino Control (Surveillance) Regulations.

The first breach, which led to a $150,000 fine, was for failing to retain casino surveillance footage during the period of Sep 14, 2011 to April 12, 2012. Casinos have to retain footage for a specified time period. The time period was not disclosed.

The second fine of $100,000, was for failing to ensure continuous recording of casino surveillance footage from Dec 17, 2011 to June 14, 2012. The third fine of $225,000, was for the lack of notification system to alert the casino of failures to their surveillance system.

Looking at this piece of news, I am sure that information in CCTV had been deleted ! So no case ! To MBS, $475,000 fine is cheap !

 

[Yip Hon]

CRA police the 2 IR Casinos .


Who Police the CRA ?


Can the AGC Appeals for a Higher Fine of S$475K and other penalties ?


http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Business/Story/A1Story20130214-402073.html

 

[CheebyeAlamakingHorGaoGan]

Sinkies all together now....it's SUCK THUMB time!

not only suck thumb. lan lan also....