Three civil servants among six nabbed for extortion and wrongful confinement


KUALA LUMPUR: Six individuals, including three civil servants, have been detained for allegedly extorting and wrongfully confining a man.

Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said a foreigner lodged a report at 10.21pm on Nov 8, claiming that his uncle called him to ask for a sum of money in order to be freed.

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