
Woman and Associate Held Over Suspected Hoax Kidnapping Scheme
Police have remanded a woman and her accomplice for 14 days in connection with an alleged staged kidnapping designed to extort RM18,000 in ransom payments.
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Police have remanded a woman and her accomplice for 14 days in connection with an alleged staged kidnapping designed to extort RM18,000 in ransom payments.

A Butterworth court has handed down financial penalties against three security guards for extorting a UNHCR cardholder, exposing ongoing vulnerabilities among the refugee and migrant worker communities in Malaysia.