NSTnation: An immediate reaction to this story, told this reporter: 'The Immigration Department and the police have engaged with each other, to get the full details of this case.' - IGP
That night in late March, as we discussed how the day had gone, “bhaiya”, as I sometimes call him, told me about a call he received from an expatriate, earlier.
Our best guess was that these individuals were either running an online gambling racket or some type of scam. In recent months, following a crackdown by local authorities, racketeers all over China had been ramping up their operations, sending out thousands to set up base in nearby countries. At one point, we were picked out by 'tontos' loitering near the office. We needed to be 'public'. A quick dash into a busy nearby convenience store gave us that much-needed temporary 'security'. Then, a stop at a makan shop for a 'quick drink'. A friendly conversation was struck between the owner to establish rapport – ‘insurance policy' against tontos who might have had thoughts about starting something.
We requested to document the whole investigation, but had to settle with just being called in “when the raid is conducted”. SIO: Serbuan bukan pihak kita yg buat. Pihak IPD Sepang yg buat berdasar maklumat yang mereka terima. .SIO: More kepada forex di negara China yg tidak ada kena mengena dengan tempatan. As newshounds, the dejection we felt was almost palpable. We were convinced that in the ensuing days, the cops would be reining in the syndicate members and ultimately prevent an increase in statistics of online scam victims.
A team of cops from the Sepang headquarters had raided all seven floors of the office building, one-by-one. Save for the top-most floor, they were all locked and somehow deserted.The raiding party, which broke down the doors, found 1,323 computers and laptops spread out all over the first six floors, but as expected, all were blank.All in, 21 people were screened – 11 locals and 10 Chinese nationals .Those taken into custody were said to have been charged under Section 6 of the Immigration Act.
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