Fake Mt Kinabalu trips earn man RM29,100 – and land him in jail


  • Nation
  • Friday, 24 Aug 2018

KOTA KINABALU: An unemployed man has been arrested for allegedly cheating people by offering non-existing trips up Mount Kinabalu beginning last year.

The 35-year-old from Lahad Datu is said to have scammed unsuspecting tourists of a total of RM29,100.

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