Couple Arrested - extorting RM1,000 from a woman over nude photos

BERNAMA
13/09/2020 04:24 PM



KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 -- A couple suspected of extorting RM1,000 from a woman over nude photos have been nabbed by Petaling Jaya police.

Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said the suspects, a 22 year-old man and his 23-year-old fiancee, were arrested at separate locations on Sept 11 and 12.

"On June 1, police received a report from a 21-year-old local woman who said that she was blackmailed by an unknown person who texted her demanding payment of RM1,000 in exchange for not spreading her nude photos and videos.

"Preliminary investigations on the victim revealed that she had previously shared personal photos and videos to her former boyfriend, and it was also revealed that the male suspect was a friend of the victim's ex-boyfriend," he said in a statement here today.

Nik Ezanee said that the victim had also made two separate payments of RM300 and RM400 to the suspect to erase her photos and videos, but despite making payments, the suspect continued to demand for payments.

Both the suspects are now in remand.


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