QuickCheck: Was 'black magic' used to dupe a housewife out of RM20,000 in jewellery?


FAMILY members of a 58-year-old housewife in Masjid Tanah, Melaka claim that she was stupefied by "black magic" into handing over more than RM20,000 worth of jewellery, including a gold bracelet and chain.

In a viral social media post, they claimed that the woman was hypnotised into cooperating with four suspects, who claimed to be foreigners.

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