Woman ‘charmed’ out of savings of RM117,000


At 9.02 am(0102gmt), the local note was traded at 4.3960/4010 against the greenback from 4.4100/4150 at 6pm on Thursday.

IPOH: A 70-year-old woman claimed she lost her life savings of almost RM117,000 after she was charmed by some people at the Ipoh Central Market.

Kan Wai Leng, 70, said she was at the market when a woman asked her if she knew someone by the name of Dr Wong.

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