Datuk jailed a day, fined RM145,000 for bird’s nest investment scam


SHAH ALAM: A bird's nest entrepreneur was sentenced to a day's jail and fined RM145,000 by the Sessions Court here on Monday, when he pleaded guilty to a charge involving a bird's nest investment scam.

Datuk Wong Sen Chiew, who owned Golden Nest Properties International (M) Bhd, admitted misleading the public to invest in a purported bird's nest cultivation scheme, which promised high returns.

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