Couple held for faking own kidnapping, demanded RM670k from family members


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 24 Mar 2019

JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean man and his Indonesian wife have faked their own kidnapping, hoping to extort a huge amount of money from their own family.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd said that on March 8, a report had been lodged by the 33-year-old Indonesian, claiming that her 49-year-old husband was abducted by a group of men in Taman Setia Indah here.

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