Saturday April 18, 2009
Lottery winner dies while waiting to collect money
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Compiled by FLORENCE A. SAMY, BEH YUEN HUI AND A. RAMAN
A MAN who was waiting to collect a RM20,000 prize money at a 4-Digit outlet died before he could see the money, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.
It is learnt that Luo Zhi Liang, 47, was asked to wait while the operator at the outlet in Miri, Sarawak, prepared the cheque for him at about 10am on Wednesday.
While waiting, Luo had intended to buy another number, but before he could complete writing the number down, he collapsed and died leaving only three numbers on the paper.
>The daily also reported a 28-year-old good Samaritan who helped a pregnant woman to get to the hospital, was instead robbed by her and her accomplices in Johor Baru.
In the 9.45am incident on Thursday, the victim was approached by the woman at a petrol station in Permas Jaya. She begged to be sent to the hospital to deliver her baby.
On the way to the hospital, the victim was forced to stop her car when two motorcyclists blocked her way.
The pregnant woman alighted the car and jumped onto one of the motorcycles while the other motorcyclists, carrying a parang, forced the victim to hand over her gold necklace and stole RM1,800 cash from her.
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