KARAWANG, Indonesia: Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages. But she returned home last year penniless and in shock, saying she had been s
KARAWANG, Indonesia: Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages.
In Muslim-majority Indonesia, where nearly 10 per cent of the population live below the poverty line, some view shamans as traditional healers. AFP reporters contacted a WhatsApp number associated with one of the posts and were told to send photos of their identity cards to determine eligibility for the"magic money" scheme.
Police said the three men had been arrested, and that they had confessed to killing victims with pesticide-laced drinks.The men arranged a meeting with her but she declined to go after her friends told her that Erawan and his friends were con artists, according to police.Another migrant worker, mother-of-three Neng Hana Patiningrum, told AFP she believes she also escaped death at the hands of the scammers.
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