Two Malaysians held over hacking charges by the US

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysians were detained in Perak in connection with cybercrime and money laundering after the United States applied for the suspects to be extradited there to face charges.

Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said the suspects – a businessman in his 40s and a computer analyst in his 30s – were detained at about 8.45am on Monday.