Malaysia, China cops cripple scam syndicate, 140 nabbed


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian and Chinese police have crippled a scam syndicate that had caused victims in the two countries to incur about RM13mil in losses.

“We conducted the operations simultaneously on Dec 12 with our counterparts in China and caught a total of 140 suspects in Malaysia and China,” said Bukit Aman Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Amar Singh.

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