Fishcake seller lured into blackmail


BATU PAHAT: A market stall trader was forced to cough up RM6,000 to a trio of women after following one of them back to her hotel room.

The 63-year-old man, who has been selling fishcakes at the Batu Pahat wholesale market for the past 40 years, was approached by a young woman, at the market on Oct 6 at around 4.25pm.

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