Tip-off on prostitution ring leads to RM13mil cash seizure


Some of the cash which Immigration Department personnel recovered during the raid at the hotel.

KOTA KINABALU: A call to be rescued from prostitution turned out with unexpected results when Immigration Department officials found more than RM13mil at two locations.

Sources said the department received a tip-off that three Filipino women were being held at a hotel in the downtown area here and wanted to be rescued from prostitution syndicates.

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