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Consular Gamble
Interesting legal issues will result from the illegal gambling facility established in the Senegal consulate in Singpore. Only recently has Singpapore changed its laws to permit casinos but an illegal gambling site is punishable by a fine of up of 50,000 Singapore dollars and three years imprisonment, The China Post reports on November 5, 2006. Up to 100 gamblers visited the consulate nightly. The facility operated a small stakes room for baccarat players and another room with stakes of 100,000 Singapore dollars. The operator is said to be Singaporean, not Senegalese. As a result, immunity rules may not protect that person. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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