PENANG had the dubious honour of playing host to a fake kidnapping last week, a deception that was revealed after two lovers were arrested in a hotel.

A local woman in her 20s and her Nigerian boyfriend conspired to extort RM1mil from her father by staging a kidnapping. The father, a 53-year-old accountant based in Kuching, lodged a police report after receiving a call demanding the ransom money. Read here.

The college graduates were said to be "living it up" in hotels in Langkawi and Penang as police scrambled to locate them. The ploy was discovered when police traced calls the supposed "kidnapper" made to the girl's phone in Langkawi and Penang hotels. 

The couple were eventually arrested in Penang on Saturday. Read here.

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• Penang CM slammed for rejecting projects: Barisan Nasional has taken the state government to task for turning down Federal Government-linked companies’ applications to build low to medium-cost houses. Read here.
• Penang Opposition leader Azhar has to vacate Panaga community centre, court rules: Penang Opposition Leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim failed to quash the order by the Seberang Perai Utara district officer asking him to vacate the Penaga community centre by Nov 19 last year. Read here.
• RM150mil in deals sealed at Penang property fair: About RM150mil worth of property has been sold or booked at the just-concluded Star Property Fair 2011, reflecting optimism in the property market here. Read here.

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