A total of 46 foreigners were detained following raids on 17 scam call centres operating at upscale condominiums in Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (Feb 19) morning.
At a press conference on Thursday, Immigration Director-General Datuk Zakaria Shaaban revealed that the syndicates duped victims by falsely selling stock shares, gold, and property through social media and chat applications such as Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Telegram.
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At a press conference on Thursday, Immigration Director-General Datuk Zakaria Shaaban revealed that the syndicates duped victims by falsely selling stock shares, gold, and property through social media and chat applications such as Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Telegram.
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00:00On 19 February 2025, at around 11.30am, there was a ruckus in the Special Operations.
00:18A party meeting was held by the Immigration Officers from the Special Operations Branch,
00:29where 120 Immigration Officers from various branches participated in the operation.
00:37The ruckus involved 17 PMIs in Kediaman Mewar, Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur.
00:46The operation was carried out based on public information,
00:52and involved 3 weeks of research activities.
00:58The results of the research found that the PMIs involved were rented out by scammers
01:08run by citizens from various nations and countries.
01:15The modus operandi of this syndicate was to carry out activities to empower the victims
01:21by offering stock, goods and real estate in online or online that does not exist.
01:32This syndicate operated using social media applications such as Facebook,
01:39Tiktok, WeChat, WhatsApp, Telegram and other mediums.
01:46The victims were locals and foreigners living abroad.
01:54Based on the initial research carried out, the PMIs were used as a call centre
02:05to contact customers to offer gold purchases, real estate, luxury ships, stock investment and foreign currency.
02:17This syndicate also offered gambling services in online and love scams that do not exist.
02:26The victim's phone number was obtained by the syndicate in person,
02:31and the victim's family members were asked to transfer a sum of money to an account
02:42that was believed to belong to the locals and was used as a bank account.
02:49This syndicate was estimated to have obtained a sum of RM100,000 to RM150,000 per day
02:59from the activities of the PMIs.
03:03Based on the documents found during the investigation and information provided by the gym,
03:11this syndicate was believed to have been operating for almost three months before it was transferred by the gym.
03:19In this operation, the gym has arrested and detained 46 foreigners aged between 23 and 54
03:32consisting of 14 men from the People's Republic of China, 15 men and 4 women from Indonesia,
03:421 man and 2 women from Myanmar, 2 men from Bangladesh, 6 women from Thailand and 2 women from Laos.
03:56As a result of the robbery, the gym confiscated a large amount of equipment
04:01consisting of 2 units of Lenovo's REC server, 4 units of HP's computer ribbons,
04:1788 units of BIMBIT telephone, 3 routers, 4 modems, 26 SIM cards and a sum of RM100,000.
04:30The syndicate also received a sum of RM2,500 to RM3,500 per month.
04:43All foreigners arrested in this operation were detained under Section 51-5-B,
04:51Article 19-59-63 under Section 6-1C,
05:01i.e. entering Malaysia without proper documents.
05:06They were also detained under Section 51-1-C,
05:10i.e. staying in Malaysia for a longer period of time, not overstaying.
05:14Finally, they were detained under Section 39-B,
05:18Article 19-63-B, i.e. violating the social security requirements.