{"id":25432,"date":"2021-12-10T13:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25432"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:02:03","slug":"stars-case-against-singaporean-high-roller-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/stars-case-against-singaporean-high-roller-goes-on","title":{"rendered":"Star\u2019s case against Singaporean high roller goes on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Wong Yew Choy tried to have the case thrown out of court but the Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed his request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.-<strong>\u00a0Star Entertainment\u2019s case\u00a0<\/strong>against billionaire\u00a0<strong>Dr Wong Yew Choy\u00a0<\/strong>will continue after the Queensland Court of Appeal dismissed the Singaporean billionaire request to have the case thrown out. In July 2018,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/stars-case-against-high-roller-to-go-to-queensland-court\">the high roller<\/a>\u00a0attended the Gold Coast casino on a junket and lost a $40m cheque, which he allegedly cancelled on returning to his native Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Star filed a lawsuit in Singapore in 2019<\/strong>, but the case was dismissed\u00a0by the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-claim-against-high-roller-rejected\">Singapore International Commercial Court<\/a>\u00a0and by international Judge Jeremy Cooke. Star Entertainment then took the case to the\u00a0<strong>Queensland Supreme Court<\/strong>, but Dr Wong disputed the court\u2019s jurisdiction and argued that the proceedings were an abuse of process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wong&#8217;s attorneys said: &#8220;Star&#8217;s conduct has occasioned unjustifiable oppression to him, and it has brought the administration of justice into disrepute.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed the argument against its jurisdiction and the case will continue next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local media reports, the Queensland Court of Appeal stated: &#8220;Wong should not have considered that his dispute with Star was at an end once the Singapore proceeding was dismissed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Wong Yew Choy tried to have the case thrown out of court but the Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed his request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Queensland Court of Appeal has dismissed Dr. Wong Yew Choy's attempt to halt Star Entertainment's lawsuit, ensuring the case over an alleged $40m cancelled cheque will proceed. This ongoing litigation, stemming from a 2018 high-roller junket, highlights complex cross-jurisdictional debt recovery challenges for integrated resort operators.","focusai_entities":"Dr Wong Yew Choy, Star Entertainment, Queensland Court of Appeal, Singapore International Commercial Court, Jeremy Cooke, Queensland Supreme Court","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, Gold Coast, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Jurisdictional Precedents?","query":"What are the specific jurisdictional precedents or challenges this case presents for other integrated resort operators pursuing international debt recovery from high-net-worth individuals?"},{"label":"Star's Financial Impact?","query":"What is the estimated financial impact of this ongoing litigation on Star Entertainment's balance sheet and projected earnings, considering legal costs and the potential recovery of the $40m GGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439,158],"tags":[1295],"class_list":["post-25432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-star-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25455,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432\/revisions\/25455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}