Food supply 'tender' leaves Batu Pahat trader RM800,000 poorer


JOHOR BARU: A 48-year-old businessman thought he had secured a tender to supply food to schools, but it was a scam that ended up costing him RM800,000.

Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the scam began when the victim was approached by a suspect here early last year.

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