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KUALA LUMPUR – One of the masterminds of a Macau scam and an online gambling network connecting unions in Malaysia and China is among 130 people arrested in a raid.
The 31-year-old Chinese national was arrested during the special operation codenamed Ops Dadu Center on October 15-20.
Bukit Aman CID Director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said the man was detained along with six others at Mont Kiara here.
“The suspect is the union leader, whose role is to connect the unions in Malaysia and China.
“He is also wanted by the Chinese authorities for fraud crimes in Macau,” he said yesterday at a news conference in Bukit Aman.
The suspect, along with five other Chinese nationals and one Malaysian, were arrested under section 4 (2) (a) of the Crime Prevention Act.
“They will be taken to the Crime Prevention Board on January 8 after their 38-day pre-trial detention ends,” he added.
Comm Huzir said that of the total 130 arrested in the operation, 87 of them were detained for 38 days under Section 4 (2) (a) of the Act.
Some of the detainees are still under investigation while 13 people have been released.
Four other men, Goh Leong Yeong, better known as Alvin Goh, Addy Kanna and two policemen, were detained under the law for two years.
“They are placed in detention centers in Simpang Renggam, Bentong and Pokok Sena,” he said.
Since October 2, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had arrested more than 20 people, including eight police officers and staff, as well as Goh and Addy Kanna.
They were suspected of money laundering and involved in currency and Macau scams run by a Chinese union.
On October 11, they were all released on MACC bail, but Addy Kanna and two other people were detained by the police while Goh fled the MACC headquarters.
Goh was finally detained at a vacation spot in Pahang on October 27.
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