Two Malaysian women jailed for attempting to smuggle out RM3.8mil from Western Australia


  • Nation
  • Friday, 09 Aug 2019

PETALING JAYA: Two Malaysian women were jailed for attempting to smuggle out A$1.34mil (RM3.8mil) after flaunting the cash on a Western Australian train last year, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Oon Yoke Peng and Hew Han Yueh, both 35, who tried to smuggle the money out of Western Australia, were nabbed after flaunting the cash in front of a train official, then trying to tell police they earned it from prostitution and gambling.

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