'Medium' claiming divine powers to prevent death caught by victim in citizen's arrest


SIBU: A Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly cheating a middle-aged local woman of her jewellery worth RM20,000.

Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident happened on March 9 in Jalan Mahsuri, where the victim met the 46-year-old suspect who claimed that her eldest child would die in an accident unless an "offering" was made.

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