The companies also arranged for the agents to party with the would-be clients at nightclubs and karaoke outlets.
Sources told the newspaper that the female agents were recruited among divorcees, single mothers or those helping their boyfriends repay debts.
“These are women who will do anything for money,” the sources said, adding that the agents went after middle-aged small entrepreneurs who were not very highly educated.
Agents who failed to “hit” their targets would be punished by having to “showcase” themselves in adult diapers or lingerie.
They were also forced to pay fines of between RM1,000 and RM3,000 to their company.
> China Press reported that Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung’s name was used in a RM7.52mil cheating case in China.
It said a company in China had tricked 16 corporations into believing that it was organising a concert tour for the singer in the country.
The company then signed contracts with the firms to co-organise the event and collected deposits from them.
Cheung’s manager Florence Chan clarified that they had not authorised any company or individual to collect the deposits.
Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a sub-heading, it denotes a separate news item.
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