Duo charged with extorting, wrongfully imprisoning co-worker in nightclub


KUALA LUMPUR: Two men pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here Thursday (Oct 26) to charges of extortion and wrongful imprisoning their former co-worker at a nightclub last week.

Businessman Wong Meng Jit, 35, and sales manager Loong Yuen Hong, 33, are jointly charged with extorting Ng Zhou Kang, 30, by inducing fear in the victim till he was compelled to hand over RM658,000 in cash at a room in a nightclub in Kuchai Lama here at 9pm on Oct 15.

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