KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife has been fined RM1,200, in default two months' jail, by the Magistrate's Court here after she pleaded guilty to providing false information to a policeman. Magistrate Aina Azahra Tun Ariffin meted out the sentence on Karen Lee Chy Na, 35, after she entered her plea here on Wednesday (June 12). According to the...
MELAKA: A 34-year-old housewife from the Portuguese Settlement here hopes to get a priceless Mother's Day gift by seeing her eldest daughter win a beauty pageant. Cheryl Christybell De Silva has been putting a lot of effort into seeing her 17-year-old daughter Gabriella Amber De Costa win in the second edition of the Miss Teen Global...
JOHOR BARU: A housewife lost RM400,000 after falling prey to a phone scam. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the police received a report from the 46-year-old woman on Monday (April 22). "On March 6, the victim received a call from an individual claiming to be an officer from a delivery company, who said...
JOHOR BARU: A housewife lost RM400,000 after falling prey to a phone scam. Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the police received a report from the 46-year-old woman on Monday (April 22). "On March 6, the victim received a call from an individual claiming to be an officer from a delivery company, who said...
SIBU: A Sarikei housewife has been fleeced of RM540,000 in a nonexistent online investment scam that promised high returns of up to 100%. Sarawak Commissioner of Police Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri, said the 60-year-old woman had responded to an advertisement on Facebook on Oct 2. She contacted an individual by the name of "Koon Yew Yin"...
BATU PAHAT: Two women in their 60s were duped of more than RM200,000 of their savings in separate scams which promised high returns. In the first case, a retired teacher was cheated of RM150,000 in a fake share investment scheme purportedly offered by a major commercial bank. It is learnt the woman received a message several weeks...
