By Sujin Thomas

A GROUP of people who were caught gambling at a funeral wake in Jurong West last week were fined in court on Monday.

The 13 men and women pleaded guilty to gambling in a public place and were fined $1,000 - for first-time offenders - to $1,500 and $2,000 for those with previous convictions.

One of them, Tan Kim Beng, 43, was jailed for a week and fined $5,000.

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