Fake faith healers cash in on gullible victims


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 01 May 2019

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KUCHING (Bernama): A trader suffered losses of RM192,000 after falling prey to bomoh scam syndicate members who claimed they could help her get rid of ghosts from her house.

Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said three women had told the 55-year-old victim from Padawan that her house had been haunted for the past nine years.

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