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KUALA LUMPUR: Fugitive businessman Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee had close connections to the former head of the Macau triad, Wan Kouk Koi.
Wan, better known as Broken Tooth, had previously been linked to the Inix Technologies stock investment scam.
Wan, 65, was wanted by the police here after he allegedly failed to transfer RM6,000 in shares of the Malaysian-listed computer software company Bursa to a third party, as had been agreed.
Police Inspector General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said the Johor police task force investigating the case also found that Wan also had a network with the international drug supply element “Tse Chi Lop”, who was arrested. in Holland on January 24.
“Broken Tooth, who founded the Hongmen World Culture and History Association, appointed Nicky as Vice President in January 2019.
“Both Broken Tooth and the association have been blacklisted by the United States Department of the Treasury for alleged involvement in international organized crime and money laundering,” he said.
The checks revealed that Broken Tooth was sentenced to 15 years in prison in November 1999 for illegal gambling, loan shark activity, criminal association and attempted car bombing of a police chief.
Wan is said to have led the 14k triad in the 1990s through a fierce turf war for control of VIP lounges at various Macau casinos, with rival group Shui Fong.
Meanwhile, Abdul Hamid added that initial investigations revealed that Nicky’s scam syndicate targeted victims primarily from China.
“They promised great returns for properties, health products, currencies, and investments in cryptocurrencies like Wincoin and Winbitex.”
“They attract investors through WeChat, where investors would make payments through WeChat Pay,” he said, adding that the money would be invested in cryptocurrencies and online gambling.
Early Tuesday (March 30), Abdul Hamid said that Johor police launched a massive eight-day operation dubbed Ops Pelican 3.0 to paralyze the union starting on March 20.
“The task force consisting of 220 policemen carried out 70 operations to track down and arrest the group allegedly led by 33-year-old Liow, who is the founder of the Winner Dynasty Group based in Setiawalk, Puchong.
“We arrested 118 people during these raids, including Liow’s two younger brothers,” he told reporters in Bukit Aman.
He said that 42 men and six women were detained under the Security Crimes (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) which consists of 30 citizens from Malaysia and 18 from China.
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