Cops nab 99 over investment scam


KUALA LUMPUR: A Datuk Seri in his 40s and a 14-year-old boy were among 99 people caught in a raid at a luxury office near KL Sentral on Wednesday in a police crackdown on a syndicate allegedly running an investment scam targeting victims in China.

It is learnt that the Datuk Seri was the syndicate’s business contact and he might have acted on its behalf in its dealings in Malaysia.

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