Man loses RM5,500 to scammer posing as Michael Chong’s aide


KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman who paid RM5,500 to a man claiming to be an aide to MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong later discovered he had been scammed.

The 37-year-old from Seremban, known as Lim, said he owed several loan sharks RM25,000 as of May this year.

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