South-East Asia risks becoming cyber fraud hub, Azam Baki warns


Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki (fifth left) posed for a group photo at the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sabah’s International Conference on Technology, Management and Sustainability on Wednesday (June 18).

KOTA KINABALU: South-East Asia is fast becoming a hub for cyber-enabled fraud with cross-border criminal syndicates exploiting digital platforms and weak governance to perpetrate large-scale financial scams, says Tan Sri Azam Baki.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner said recent investigations, both domestic and international, pointed to disturbing activity of transnational digital crime networks in the region.

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