Malaysian high roller loses $4.2M case vs. Resorts World Sentosa

Lady Luck continued to elude a Malaysian businessman after his bid to void his SGD5.9 million ($4.2 million) casino debt was rejected by Singapore’s high tribunal.

The New Paper reported that Singapore’s Supreme Court threw out the petition of businessman Lee Fook Kheun against Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), saying that the petitioner failed to prove his claim that he was intoxicated when he signed the credit deals. And even if Lee was too intoxicated when he signed the deal, Singapore Justice Valerie Thean noted that the petitioner failed to immediately cancel the agreements.

“Mr. Lee has not proved on the balance of probabilities that he was so intoxicated that he failed to understand the nature and effect of the Credit Agreements,” Thean said in her ruling, according to the news outlet.

Records showed that Lee first visited RWS in July 2010 hoping to open his own seafood restaurant in Genting Singapore’s integrated resort. Instead, Lee found himself becoming one of RWS’ high rollers.