A total of 24 more Malaysian citizens who were victims of a job scam syndicate in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have safely arrived home.
KUANTAN: Pahang Police Chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the 39-year-old woman claimed to receive a call from an individual claiming to be a police officer on Jan 18.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A foreign national suspected of being involved in a Macau Scam syndicate that caused losses exceeding BND240,000 has been arrested by the Cyber Crime Investigation Division (BSJS) of the Criminal Investigation Department (JSJ), Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), according to a press release from RBPF.
KOTA BARU: The Kota Baru Islamic City Municipal Council (MPKB-BRI) has uncovered an organised syndicate that brought in Thai beggars to seek alms around the city during Ramadan.
KUALA LUMPUR: The syndicate that deceived the National Registration Department (NRD) into issuing legitimate birth certificates – using forged documents and fraudsters posing as relatives – is believed to have charged parents with adopted or stateless children up to RM50,000 each.
KOTA KINABALU: The High Court here sentenced four of the 15 accused individuals to three years in prison on Tuesday (March 18) for aiding the organised crime syndicate "Geng Upik."
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Police have confiscated drugs worth more than RM12mil and busted a drug syndicate operating illegal drug laboratories and a factory during a raid here.
PUTRAJAYA: The National Registration Department (NRD) managed to expose the modus operandi of a syndicate that brazenly registered 80 birth certificates through it using fake documents over the last three years.
KEPALA BATAS: Police here have stopped a drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of two local men and seized drugs believed to be ganja worth nearly RM500,000 in two raids at Sungai Dua and Juru on Saturday (March 15).
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Penang branch of the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry has uncovered a subsidised cooking oil misappropriation syndicate after raiding an illegal storage facility in Seberang Perai Selatan near here Thursday (March 13), seizing goods worth RM129,869.
SUNGAI PETANI: The Kedah Immigration Department busted a human trafficking syndicate operated by two locals in a special operation here Tuesday (March 12).
SUNGAI PETANI: The Kedah Immigration Department has busted a human trafficking syndicate.
BAGAN DATUK: The police busted a drug-processing syndicate with the arrest of three men in separate raids in Perak and the Klang Valley on Wednesday (March 12).
Another 25 Malaysians who were victims of online scam syndicates in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have safely arrived at the Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS Complex at 4.40pm on Wednesday, according to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police has received 489 reports involving 637 Malaysians who fell victim to human trafficking, particularly job scam syndicates targetting young people, from January until Wednesday (March 12).
KOTA KINABALU: Police have arrested two individuals believed to be key members of a syndicate involved in purchasing automated teller machine (ATM) bank cards for fraudulent activities, according to Kota Kinabalu City police chief Asst Comm Kasim Muda.
JOHOR BARU: Drug syndicates in Johor are repackaging substances like methamphetamine and ketamine into convenient drink sachets, selling them for RM200 to RM300 each to evade detection, according to state police.
JOHOR BARU: Police have seized various drugs worth nearly RM7mil by uncovering two syndicate groups operating out of gated and guarded apartments here.
PUTRAJAYA: When a lost MyKad was discovered to have been used, the National Registration Department (NRD) uncovered a counterfeit identity card syndicate producing forged MyKads, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
PETALING JAYA: Journalist B. Nantha Kumar, who was arrested for allegedly soliciting bribes from foreign worker agents, maintains he never did so but was working on a story to expose syndicates.