Bogus priestess jailed a year for cheating retiree


SEREMBAN: A 29-year-old woman who claimed to be a priestess and messenger of a goddess was ordered to serve 12 months in jail after she pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's Court here to cheating a retiree.

N. Hemavathy, who works as a dishwasher, did not contest the charge after it was read to her before Magistrate Mohamad Ibrahim Mohammad Ghulam on Tuesday (Feb 14).

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