KUALA LUMPUR: The police have arrested four actors in connection with the second Hari Raya-themed online gambling advertisement which emerged on social media.
Dang Wangi OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said the four were picked up in Ampang by police personnel on Saturday (April 17) evening.
"The three men and one woman, aged between 24 and 32, will be remanded for two days to assist further investigations," he said when contacted on Sunday (April 18).
Prior to this, nine suspects had been detained over another Hari Raya-themed online gambling advertisement similar to the three-minute video that went viral on social media on Saturday.
On the first video, the police have said that another man was detained on Saturday after eight were held on Friday (April 16).
Both the video director and videographer have been remanded until April 21 while six actors will be released on police bail after having their statements recorded, and the police are looking for a 35-year-old man believed to be the organiser of both videos.
The initial investigations revealed that each actor in the first video was paid about RM180.
Prior to this, Bukit Aman had said that it was investigating the first Hari Raya-themed online gaming video which went viral on Thursday, after 38 police reports were lodged.
Investigations into the video, which was shot in Ampang and Hulu Langat on March 13, were made under Section 504 of the Penal Code and Section 4(1)(g) of the Open Gaming Houses Act as well as Section 233 of the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998.
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