Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Star: Fake Kidnapping

All parents, guardians and child minders, be vigilant.

Parents nearly duped by ‘kidnap’ claims
From the Star Online http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/16/nation/3702667&sec=nation

A child minder almost lost RM100,000 after receiving a telephone call from a man claiming that he had kidnapped her four children on Tuesday.
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However, the plan was aborted after the woman went to her children’s school and found that they were still in their classes, he said.

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At a press conference held at the Wisma MCA here, a restaurant owner claimed he was almost cheated of RM100,000 by an unidentified person in return for his 15-year-old son who was purportedly kidnapped.
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However, I dropped the plan after my wife called to say that our son had returned home at about 2.30pm,” Lee said....

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