Witness: Friend behind Tabung Haji scam


SEREMBAN: A key prosecution witness told a Sessions Court here that he was being used by a childhood friend who lured him into making illegal withdrawals from a bank with the help of insiders. 

Sayid Abdullah Sayid Moha-mmad, 52, who is serving a four-year jail term for fraud, said the friend – whom he only knew as “Kori” and came from his village in Kota Baru, Kelantan, was the mastermind behind the scam. 

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