Hong Kong police cut off alleged city-based Malaysian phone scam gang in a first for force


Phone cards and telecoms equipment seized by police in a series of raids on an alleged international phone scam operation.. - Photo: Handout / SCMP

HONG KONG (SCMP): Hong Kong police have arrested six Malaysians and five local residents alleged to be involved in an international HK$61 million-plus (US$7.8 million) phone scam racket after a crackdown on the first international gang found to have set up bases in the city.

Officers revealed on Saturday that they broke up the group’s four centres of operation in Hong Kong on Thursday.

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