Domestic Trade Ministry bust syndicate involved in diesel embezzlement, five arrested


KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) has busted a syndicate involved in the embezzlement of subsidised diesel after detaining five men in a raid on a premises in Chan Sow Lin, Sungai Besi last Wednesday.

The ministry's Kuala Lumpur director Ariffin Samsudin said the suspects, aged between 35 and 57, were nabbed by a police team under Op Tiris 3.0.

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