KUALA LUMPUR: Six Chinese nationals who were detained for their alleged involvement in a Macau scam and an online gambling syndicate will remain in detention under the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) 1959 after the High Court dismissed their habeas corpus application.
Judicial Commissioner Azhar Abdul Hamid dismissed the application filed by Jiang Xiang, Wang Jun Cheng, Li Jiang, Luo Hong Bin, Lei Meng and Yu Xiang Yu who sought to challenge their initial 59-day detention order under Section 4(2)(a) of the Act.
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