Two businesspersons suffered losses amounting to RM338,000 after being cheated by a syndicate posing as Home Ministry officials offering a mineral water supply project for the recently concluded Sabah state election.

Kuala Kangsar district police chief ACP Omar Bakhtiar Yaacob said one of the businessmen from Selangor was contacted by a syndicate member on Sept 2 regarding the project offer and asked him to deposit RM50,000...