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An Auckland karaoke bar can no longer sell alcohol after a shareholder fired its only qualified duty managers and withdrew its on-licence renewal application, midway through a district licensing committee hearing.

Simon Yip faced the Auckland District Licensing Committee (DLC) on Monday, on behalf of Uea Entertainment Limited, which runs the Deluxe karaoke bar in Mt Albert.

According to hearing documents, police observed alleged intoxication, unspecified security breaches, lack of consistency with visitor and manager registers and alcohol being served past its best before date during site visits.

According to the police, in August 2023, a person who went into the premises looking for his phone, was found unresponsive in the

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