A 57-year-old man suffered serious injuries after being ambushed with parangs in George Town, in an incident police believe stems from an extortion plot orchestrated by a woman and her husband.
GEORGE TOWN: A local man sustained serious injuries after being attacked by two men with parangs, and his car was damaged in an incident believed to be related to an extortion case at the Jalan Pangkor junction here early yesterday morning.
Timur Laut police chief ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad said in the 1.15 am incident, the 57-year-old victim claimed he was chased, attacked with parangs, and beaten by two men after picking up a 39-year-old woman he had recently met on WhatsApp at the PPR Taman Manggis flats here.
