Church followers lose RM60mil

300 claim they were conned by couple

ABOUT 300 people, all of them Christians from churches in Sarawak,wak, claimed to have lost RM60mil in tota al from a scam run by a couple, Oriental l Daily reported.

The married couple als so claimed to be permanent residents o of Singapore.

The paper said the cou uple allegedly lured the victims to inve est in a nipah palm project with prom mises of high returns.

The couple claimed to own 20,000ha of plantation la and in Papua province i in Indonesia and promised d to pay investors 1% interest each month on their investments over a span of three years.

One victim, who wanted to be known only as Wong, said the couple set up a company in Miri in 2008 and early investors received returns without pro- blems.

About 300 people, mos stly church followers, prie ests and local residents th hen joined the scheme betwee en

2008 and 2013.

Suspicion arose whe en the investors checked th he company’s financial state ements. Wong said this during a press conference heldheld by Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng. > Taiwanesse singer Wang Leehom (pic) could not play his violin during an ouutdoor concert in Jinhua, China, afteer he suffered frostbite, Sin Chew DDaily reported.

The weather in the city got colder in thhe past few days and it began to snoww when he performed the first song.

Wang was about to play violin durinng one of the songs whhen he realised his hhands were numb. He rreplaced his violin solo bby whistling the tune. About 30,000 fans, who watched the concert, applauded him for his perseverance and showmanship. > Tycoon Robert Kuok attended the funeral of billionaire HuiH Sai-fun, who was the chairman of Hong Kong--based Central Developmentt Ltd, reported Nanyang Siang ng Pau.

HuiH was 97.

TheT paper said Kuok wa as a close friend to Hui, whow was ranked 47th on ForbesF Hong Kong’s 50 richestr list in 2015.