00:01Perak police have crippled three scam syndicates operating in Kampah and Ipoh,
00:06arresting 36 suspects, including 25 Chinese nationals and five Japanese men.
00:13In the first case, six suspects, comprising five men and a Thai woman aged between 19 and 30,
00:19were arrested during raids on two apartments in Bandar Agassia, Kampah on Thursday.
00:24Perak Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Muhammad Alwi Zainal Abidin
00:28said police seized 13 mobile phones and six ATM cards worth an estimated 15,000 ringgit.
00:36The syndicate allegedly advertised fictitious loans through Telegram and WhatsApp,
00:41asking applicants to mail their ATM cards and passwords as collateral.
00:46The cards were then used for online scams,
00:49with victims discovering their accounts had been frozen following police investigations.
00:53The syndicate had allegedly been operating since June,
00:57paying recruitment agents between 3,000 ringgit and 5,000 ringgit monthly.
01:02It is believed to have used student-occupied apartments to avoid detection.
01:21He said the six suspects would be charged at the Tapah Magistrate's Court on Tuesday,
01:26while the Thai woman would be detained under the Immigration Act 1959-63.
01:31In a separate case, police arrested 25 Chinese nationals aged between 26 and 41
01:38for allegedly operating an online investment scam targeting their compatriots from a factory in Bircham.
01:45The October 23 raid uncovered a scam call centre that had allegedly been operating since late September.
01:51The syndicate used TikTok to promote fictitious investments before directing interested customers to Telegram
01:58and a platform operated by the group.
02:00The minimum number of 25 people were sent to find a scam,
02:06and the public of the police then used to be in the office.
02:11The second case, they were told to be in the office of RM8100.
02:16Based on the record of the records,
02:35In a third case, five Japanese men, aged between 21 and 27,
02:41were arrested on Monday for allegedly operating a phone scam
02:45from a two-story house in Kampung Simi, targeting their compatriots.
02:50Commissioner Mohamad Alwi said the suspects allegedly impersonated Japanese hospital staff,
02:56telling victims their family members had been involved in accidents
02:59and needed emergency surgery before demanding payment for treatment.
03:04Passport checks found that the suspects had traveled to Cambodia, South Korea and Laos before entering Malaysia.
03:11All five would be remanded for further investigation.
03:15We're here.
03:16We're here on the Thursday.
03:20We're on the Thursday.
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