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I am a frequent visitor to night markets in Bkt Beruang if time permits. Recently, I got a shock during my usual visit there because of the sight on this gentleman:

This gentleman with a sorry state was seen in Bkt Beruang's night market

Oh my gosh!!!! who in this world can do such horrible things to a human being…. While I can’t stare at him for more than 10 secs, Ethan was able to admire this gentleman for much longer period.

Today The Star has featured them and I realised now why they were there…and who was behind them….

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Sunday December 13, 2009

Extreme tactics used on beggars

MALACCA: The presence of three horribly disfigured beggars at night markets in Taman Malim Jaya and Kampung Lapan here has shocked residents into calling for the authorities to step in.

The faces and foreheads of the three seem to have been scalded with acid and two of them had no hands and one had no toes.

Their faces were so disfigured that it is difficult to guess their gender and age.The three, believed to be foreigners, appeared at several night markets here about three weeks ago, startling residents with their deformities.

Readers tipped off Starprobe when the similarities among the three and their appearances together at the same night market at the same time arouse suspicions that they might belong to a syndicate preying on the emotions of the people to get money.

Their modus operandi has apparently worked well, judging from the money they have been able to collect. On Tuesday evening, the Starprobe team followed these beggars and saw them being picked up by a taxi.

The team tailed them but the taxi driver managed to lose them after realising they were being followed. The team also tried to follow them on Monday evening.

Residents said they were concerned about the beggars as it was possible that they were victims of syndicates who could have abducted them. “Without their hands, it is most likely they cannot even feed themselves. “Their faces are so disfigured, so even if their family members did stumble upon them, they would not recognise them at all. It’s pretty shocking. “Without their fingers, thumb prints are gone. I hope the authorities can trace them and establish their identities,’’ a resident said.

Another caller expressed suspicion over the whole thing, saying that she believed such beggars, especially if they were “purposely disfigured”, were there more for greed. “They are nothing more than employed beggars,” the caller said.

Another 2 gentlemen I have not seen before:

An older man with similar deformities

The 3rd one

When I look at these pitiful gentlemen, I think of the Orcs in the Lord of The Rings:

Orcs seen in TLOTR

Yaks………7 early 8 early see this kinda of thing, my appetite has been destroyed for the rest of the day!