Dream home turns to nightmare


Questionable transaction: Nora bought a house on this street but her lawyer allegedly took the bank money for it.

JOHOR BARU: First-time housebuyer Nora dreamt for months of moving into her own house after securing a loan through a lawyer for an affordable home in Johor. Then, it was time to get the keys to her dream home. And her excitement turned to despair.

Nora, a civil servant, was told by the developer that the cheque issued by her lawyer totalling more than RM140,000 had bounced.

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