Four Taiwanese men wanted in their home country for organised crime and fraud have been arrested for trying to set up a scam call centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said they caught three local men and a local woman following raids on two premises in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 30.
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Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said they caught three local men and a local woman following raids on two premises in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 30.
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00:00 The third achievement is the arrest of Taiwanese citizens in a special operation on 11/24.
00:10 Through cooperation with the Taiwanese police, on 30 January 2024,
00:17 the JSJK carried out the raid and arrest of two units of the Kuala Lumpur Premise.
00:24 The eight individuals who were arrested, consisting of four Taiwanese men, three men and one local woman,
00:33 were detained because they suspected that they were trying to create a fraud call centre in Malaysia.
00:42 This is a proactive statement from our rescue unit and our operation.
00:47 All who were detained were aged between 31 and 44 years old.
00:53 12 mobile phones, various names, one set of documents, three passports, two card access and two cars were confiscated.
01:02 Based on the information shared with the Taiwanese police,
01:06 we conducted a collaboration or a cooperation with the Taiwanese police.
01:13 All four Taiwanese men and women were granted status in Kendaki, wanted,
01:18 by the authorities in Taiwan because they were involved in fraud and planned crimes there.
01:25 All of them were handed over to the Malaysian Immigration Department on 13 February 2024 for the next process.
01:33 The department is confident that the cooperation with the Taiwanese police in this case
01:38 has succeeded in creating another fraud call centre in Malaysia.
01:45 Taiwan is proactive. I want to praise the Taiwanese government.
01:50 They are always proactive in identifying the activities of the Taiwanese syndicate in Malaysia.
01:57 As a result of their intelligence, we collaborated with Taiwanese representatives here to intercept the activities.
02:05 They have done this before. This is the second or third time.
02:13 [inaudible]
02:18 Yes, they tried to do it in Malaysia but they were wanted in Taiwan.
02:25 [inaudible]
02:32 Exactly, exactly. It's preventive, proactive.
02:36 [inaudible]
02:41 We expected their arrival.
02:46 They arrived in one or two days and we intercepted them.
02:49 They didn't have time to get ready and start the operation.
02:55 [silence]