Deceived by his good looks


Photoshop skills: Comm Mohd Shuhaily showing the original photograph (left) taken from the Internet and the doctored photo given to the victim during a press conference at the Penang police contingent headquarters. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: He was as handsome as a K-Pop superstar and promised to take care of her for the rest of her life.

Believing that she had finally found her life companion, a 63-year-old widow started to transfer money to her Korean “lover”.

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