Victims cry fowl over RM3.2mil ‘ayam kampung’ investment scam


KUALA LUMPUR: An "ayam kampung" (free-range chicken) investment scam, which duped victims of more than RM3.2mil, has been busted with the arrests of 11 individuals.

Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the suspects - eight men and three women - aged between 38 and 56, were detained following raids in Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Terengganu and Labuan on June 26.

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