Cops arrest ex-politician who allegedly forced patients at treatment centres to work without pay


GEORGE TOWN: A former politician who started a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts and alcoholics is among 11 people nabbed on a suspicion of human trafficking here.

Penang police chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the former politician is in his 50s and was detained at his house here on Sunday (Oct 30).

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