A WEDDING is generally a happy occasion, celebrating a life-long pledge between two people to love, cherish and trust each other.
That said, there are times when these sweet occasions turn bitter – such as when a partner-to-be appears to not be who they say they are.
Recently, a post went viral on social media; in the post, a man from Kuching said that he lost RM30,000 when he discovered that his bride-to-be was already another man's wife.
Is this true?
VERDICT:
TRUE
Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili confirmed this when contacted by Bernama on Tuesday (Nov 14), saying that a 28-year-old man had lodged a police report on this.
However, ACP Zulkipli did not elaborate on the matter beyond saying that a police report on this had been lodged on Nov 10.
In the case, the woman was already a mother of two and had colluded with her father to cheat the man and added that the prospective groom had suffered losses of about RM30,000 including the cost of the wedding which had been scheduled to be held on Nov 10.
Prior to the report, the man had said in a Facebook post that he had known the woman since 2021 and got engaged to her on Oct 12 last year in Kuching.
The man said they were to have held their solemnisation of marriage on Nov 10 and the wedding ceremony on Nov 11 at the bride's house in Matu, Mukah.
"On the day that would have been the happiest day for me turned out to be a nightmare," he said in the post.
On the day of the 'akad nikah', the groom and his 22-member entourage arrived at the bride's house but were perplexed to find no signs of wedding preparations at the location.
The man tried to contact the bride and her father but to no avail.
"Later when I called at their neighbour's house which belonged to the bride's aunt, I was in disbelief when told that the 'bride' was already married to another man and had two children," he said in the same post.
The victim also uploaded a picture of the woman and her father on Facebook.
