Scam victim arrested for lodging fake police report


KUALA LUMPUR: A victim of a scam was arrested for lodging a false police report claiming that police personnel had extorted money from her.

Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said that the police had received a police report on June 22 from a woman who had claimed that two people had introduced themselves as policemen and demanded RM25,000 after accusing her of being involved in a case.

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