China national charged with cheating local woman of RM180k in exorcism scam


SIBU: A Chinese national who passed herself as a medium, pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate's Court in Kuching on Friday (May 10), after she was charged with cheating a local woman of RM180,000 for prayer rituals to rid her house of evil spirits.

Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi denied bail for the accused, Li Yufen, 34, and ordered that she be remanded at the Puncak Borneo prison.

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