Cops bust major online sexual blackmail ring that targeted victims nationwide


GEORGE TOWN: Fourteen individuals, including three women, were arrested for suspected involvement in an extortion syndicate, specialising in sexual blackmail.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the suspects are aged between 23 and 60, and were detained at several locations in Johor, Perak, Selangor and Penang between Sept 16-19.

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