Retiree loses RM40k after contractor flees

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JOHOR BARU: A retired teacher lost almost RM40,000 when a contractor whom she appointed to renovate her house in Kulai disappeared midway.

Fatimah Abd Hadi, 57, said she engaged the contractor in late 2017 to renovate her whole house.