Saturday November 7, 2009
Couple loses RM80,000 after being hypnotised by con man
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Compiled by YUEN MEI KENG, NG CHENG YEE and A.RAMAN
ONE look was all it took from a con man known as Datuk Azmi to charm and cheat a married couple of RM80,000, reported Kosmo!.
It began when the couple advertised their house in TTDI Jaya, Shah Alam, for rent when a man called Shakri, in his 40s, said he wanted to buy the house on behalf of his employer, Datuk Azmi.
The victim, known only as Rashid, 50, said Shakri introduced Datuk Azmi to him and his wife during a meeting at a hotel at Mid Valley.
“When Datuk Azmi looked into our eyes, it was as though we could not remember anything and could only follow his orders,” he said, adding that he gave RM80,000 that he had withdrawn from several banks to Shakri after agreeing to “lend” him the money.
Rashid said he only realised he had been cheated when he reached his car and suddenly began sweating profusely.
Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid confirmed receiving a report on the incident.
> A man in his 20s tried to kidnap and molest a 14-year-old girl after she refused to give him her handphone number, reported Harian Metro. The suspect, who works as a salesman, was said to have behaved violently when he tried to drag her into his car, causing her to scream for help.
Police sources said the 9pm incident occurred when the victim was walking alone near the Bandar Baru Ampang school in Kuala Lumpur and wanted to go to her friend’s house to borrow a handphone charger.
When she reached the bus stop, she used a public telephone to call her friend and was approached by the suspect, who said he wanted to get to know her.
When she kept silent and refused to look at him, the suspect turned violent and pulled at her arm and clothes. Despite being threatened by the man not to fight back, the girl screamed and attracted the attention of passers-by.
Ampang deputy OCPD Supt Amiruddin Jamaluddin said the police were questioning the suspect.
> A religious teacher (ustaz) in Kuala Lumpur allegedly punched a Form Five student, causing injuries to his eyebrow, reported Harian Metro.
The SM Teknik Cheras student, known only as Farouk, claimed that he was summoned by the teacher, who was also in charge of discipline, after the morning assembly.
However, when the teacher didn’t say anything, Farouk went to his classroom but the ustaz followed him with a pair of scissors in hand during the 7.45am incident.
“The teacher entered the class and kicked a few chairs and tables before pulling my shoulder and punching me continuously until my eyebrow started bleeding,” said Farouk when he fled to the principal’s office, the teacher shouted and challenged him to report the incident to his parents.
> Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a sub-heading, it denotes a separate news item.
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