KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,311 raids have been conducted on online crime syndicates in the city between January and September this year, says Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid.
The Kuala Lumpur police chief said KL Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) had also opened 71 investigation papers (IP), where 855 individuals were detained for their involvement in scam call centres.
"In the last two months, some 20 raids were conducted on call centres and we arrested 342 individuals.
"Most of the call centres are located at luxury condominiums and apartments," he told reporters after attending KL police monthly assembly on Tuesday (Oct 24).
Comm Allaudeen also urged all condominium's Joint Management Bodies (JMB) to take note and fulfil their obligations in not letting such criminal elements from operating on their premises.
"In luxury condominiums, not just anyone can easily have access so how come foreigners are even allowed to operate their call centres there.
"We are also not ruling out the involvement of security guards with the scam syndicates as well," he said.
KL police will cooperate with relevant agencies including commissioner of buildings to tackle the problem of call centres operating in condominiums, he said.
"I have also instructed KL CCID to step up operations against the call centres in the city.
"The scam syndicates operating the call centres will be dealt with," he said.
KL CCID also conducted 2,333 other operations to curb commercial crimes during the same period, Comm Allaudeen said.
"Among the operations conducted are e-commerce scams, phone scam and investment scam," he added.
