KUALA LUMPUR: Police are hunting down three suspects believed to have hypnotised and cheated a retired civil servant, causing the 70-year-old woman to lose jewellery worth about RM10,000 at a shopping centre. “The suspects claimed they possessed a lottery ticket worth RM300,000 and sought the victim’s help to redeem it on the grounds that they did not have identification cards. However, he said the suspects demanded a RM30,000 deposit from the victim as a guarantee that she would not abscond while cashing the cheque. “As she did not have cash, the victim handed over a gold necklace and bracelet worth about RM10,000 as collateral to the suspects. “The victim was then taken to the Ampang Point Maybank branch to cash the cheque but once she was dropped off from the car, all the suspects fled,” he said.

Source: The Star February 22, 2026 04:49 UTC