Cops record 20% increase in phone scams during MCO period

By REMAR NORDIN

KOTA TINGGI: Police have recorded an increase of 20% in Macau scam cases during the movement control order (MCO) and conditional MCO from March 18 until May 18, with losses amounting close to half a million.

Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Ahsmon Bajah (pic) said that the syndicate usually targets pensioners and farmers who own land as their victims.

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Macau scam , MCO , conditional MCO , JPJ , Kota Tinggi , Ahsmon Bajah

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