Company director loses RM120,000 in fake govt purchase order case


SIBU: A company director in Bintulu lost about RM120,000 after being deceived by an individual posing as a representative of a government department in Miri.

Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata, in a statement on Saturday (Jan 20), said the victim, a man in his early 60s, received the document, which was sent by an unknown individual through WhatsApp in early January.

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