SEREMBAN, Negeri Sembilan: Nine foreign men have been remanded for four days until January 11 to aid investigations into an online part-time job scam.
Seremban’s Deputy District Police Chief, Supt Muhd Amrul Yazid Anuar, said all nine were previously arrested during an Ops Belatuk raid on a house in the district on Wednesday.
He said the 3.30 pm raid was conducted following public tip-offs and intelligence gathering by the Intelligence and Operations Division of the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of the state police contingent headquarters, together with the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the Seremban District Police Headquarters.
“The raid led to the arrest of nine foreign suspects, aged between 28 and 46. Initial investigations revealed that all the suspects were believed to be involved in a syndicate promoting non-existent online part-time jobs targeting victims overseas,” he said in a statement here.
Amrul Yazid said nine computer sets, a laptop, 32 mobile phones of various brands and 55 SIM cards, believed to have been used in the fraudulent activities, were also seized during the raid.
The case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code. – BERNAMA
