Blackmail involving nude images on the rise


Blast from the past: Police personnel participating in the 215th Police Day celebrations wearing uniforms from different time periods at the George Town district police headquarters. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: As many as 108 reports of blackmail involving nude images of victims and losses of over half a million ringgit were received by police in Penang over the last two years or so.

State police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the cases were recorded between 2020 and February this year.

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