AT ONE end of a funeral wake at a void deck of an HDB flat, relatives and friends mourn and offer prayers to the dead man.

Behind the coffin, though, a group of over a dozen men and women, seemingly oblivious to the chanting and sombre mood, are betting big money on games of chance.

The gamblers do not know the deceased; nor any of the relatives there. A gambling den operator had brought the group there, set up two or three tables, and started distributing the cards.

Read Chong Chee Kin's full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

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