Child begging ring busted


Rounded up: Several foreign nationals getting onto an Immigration Department truck after the raid.

KUALA LUMPUR: A syndicate that exploited children for street begging by giving them sleep-inducing medicine has been busted by the Immigration Department. The raid conducted at around 9pm on Tuesday, following a two-month investigation, uncovered a four-storey shophouse used to house the children and adult foreigners involved.

Several bottles of cough medicine were found inside.

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