Notorious German beggar is in M’sia


KUALA LUMPUR: Benjamin Holst, the notorious traveller with one swollen leg, has been spotted panhandling here.

The 32-year-old German, who is known worldwide as a professional beggar, depends on the generosity of locals to fund his travelling and partying lifestyle and is said to have arrived here on March 2 by train from Singapore.

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