KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police are believed to have crippled an online scam syndicate with the arrest of 57 suspects comprising mainly China nationals from a hotel in Labuan on Monday (June 1).
The operation conducted by the Sabah Commercial Crime Investigation Department, also saw equipment used in the alleged scam worth around RM131,500 seized.
According to police sources, the 8.40am raid saw 48 Chinese nationals, eight Vietnamese and a Malaysian arrested.
It is said that these suspects, aged between 20 and 46, had been operating at the premises targeting South Korean victims online, since April.
The premises were used as accommodation and operation centers for the syndicate members.
The suspects are expected to be remanded from Tuesday onwards, as they have been taken to the Labuan Magistrates Court for a remand order.
