Ghana’s ambassador to Japan under investigation for operating illegal casino
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Ghana’s ambassador to Japan Edmond Kofi Agbenutse Deh, is being investigated by the Tokyo police for his alleged involvement in the running of an illegal casino in the Japanese capital.
The Tokyo Police are reported to have asked the ambassador to consent to questioning over an alleged lease contract made for a room in Tokyo operating the illegal casino.
The report which appeared in some major Japanese newspapers including NHK World and Tokyo Reporter, said some ten employees working at the secretly operating casino at Shibuya, a suburb in Tokyo, were arrested for allowing customers to play baccarat- a gambling card game played at casinos.
One of the suspects is quoted to have told investigators, “I thought diplomatic immunity was applicable through the Embassy of Ghana, and we would not be caught by the police.”
The Tokyo reporter also said a rental contract previously in the name of the former ambassador was changed to that of the current ambassador, and the document signed at his official residence with diplomatic identification forms.
The Police also seized more than one hundred thousand dollars in cash.
Newspaper reports say current Ghana ambassador to the country, Edmond Kofi Agbenutse Deh, is a regular visitor to the casino.
The only thing preventing the Tokyo police from arresting the Ghana ambassador is his diplomatic immunity.
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