00:01The Royal Malaysia Police, PDRM, has sent a special team to Islamabad, Pakistan, to investigate
00:07reports that several Malaysians were detained for their alleged involvement in an online
00:12scam syndicate.
00:13Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Muhammad Khalid Ismail said the exact number of Malaysians
00:18detained had yet to be confirmed as the investigation was still in its early stages.
00:35Speaking to reporters after the handover ceremony for all-terrain tactical assault e-bikes
00:40on Wednesday, Muhammad Khalid said PDRM was working with Pakistani authorities to trace
00:46the network involved.
00:47International media reported on Tuesday that Pakistani authorities had detained 258 foreign
00:54nationals during a raid on a scam call center in Gulberg Green on the outskirts of Islamabad.
01:00Those detained included 40 Chinese and 170 Vietnamese nationals, as well as Malaysians and citizens
01:07of other Asian countries.
01:09Muhammad Khalid said online scams were increasingly involving foreign nationals, particularly Chinese
01:14nationals.
01:14He said the National Scam Response Center, NSRC in Cyberjaya, receives more than 500 calls
01:21from victims daily, with each complaint followed up through a police report to enable the Commercial
01:26Crime Investigation Department, CCID, to take immediate action.
01:31The IGP said the scale of the problem was also reflected in the arrest of 182 foreign nationals
01:37last month for allegedly attempting to turn Malaysia into a hub for online scam activities.
01:52the IGP said the minimum of pregunta was classified as everywhere, although they did not have a
01:52cure.
01:52The IGP said it was the one-for- scent.
01:53The IGP said it was theeland for the issues, which was determined by the Salvation Department,
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