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Benjamin Holst

vores tiggerven er tilbage i asien nærmere bestemt Malaysia


Benjamin Holst, the notorious traveller with one swollen leg, has been spotted panhandling here.

The 32-year-old German, who is known worldwide as a professional beggar, depends on the generosity of locals to fund his travelling and partying lifestyle and is said to have arrived here on March 2 by train from Singapore.

His recent social media posts showed him enjoying the night-life, food and scenery of Bukit Bintang and Penang island.

For the past three years, the controversial figure, who suffers from a rare form of localised gigantism called Macrodystrophia lipomatosa that has caused his left leg to be severely swollen, has been seen begging on the streets of Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia.

“He takes advantage of people all over Asia by begging for money, which you may at first think is to help fund his healthcare for his disability,” she wrote.

“However, he brags on his personal Facebook page about how he’s staying in expensive hotels, eating in nice restaurants and spending endless money on prostitutes,” she added.

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