Online sales scam syndicate busted, 23 Taiwan nationals arrested


BUKIT MERTAJAM: A total of 23 people, including six women, were arrested during an operation against an online sales scam syndicate at Batu Ferringhi.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the suspects, believed to be Taiwanese nationals aged between 19 and 48, were nabbed during a raid at a three-storey luxury bungalow house in Batu Ferringhi on Saturday (June 25) evening.

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