KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained 1,160 individuals for suspected involvement in call centre scam syndicates in the first nine months of this year.
They comprise 791 individuals from Malaysia, China (300), Indonesia (20), Taiwan (13), Bangladesh (eight), Vietnam (six), Pakistan (four), Thailand (three), Singapore (three), the Philippines (two) and India (two).
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