Article: Con man seeking alms held


New Straits Times
08-22-2007
Con man seeking alms held
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

GEORGE TOWN: A 53-year-old man who tried to solicit donations using a fake newspaper clipping ended up being detained by residents when they found out about his ruse.

About 4.30pm on Monday, the man went to a apartment complex in Jalan Van Praagh here with a photocopy of an article on a family that needed financial assistance for a funeral which allegedly appeared in the Kwong Wah Yit Poh.
However, the man did not realise a ...

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