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Woman fined for prostituting herself

SINGAPORE: A Vietnamese woman who gambled away her money at the Marina Bay Sands casino was fined $700 Wednesday for prostituting herself there.

Thirty-six-year-old Duong Linh Thao talked to security guard 50-year-old Rames Algasamy as he walked past early last Saturday morning.

She offered the guard sexual services for S$200, a District Court heard.

When he refused, Duong "persistently offered to provide sexual services" to Mr Rames. He then called the police.

Apologising in court, Duong said she went to gamble at the casino but lost all her money. That was when she decided to commit the offence.

Charged under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act, she could have been fined up to $1,000.