Citizen’s arrest foils currency exchange scam-cum-robbery in Ampang


AMPANG: A 32-year-old man was detained after he reneged on a currency exchange deal and failed to steal US dollars from a customer on Jalan Memanda here.

Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said the 39-year-old female victim and her older brother went to meet the suspect to convert US$50,000 (RM236,850) to Malaysian ringgit at about 9pm on May 6.

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