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JOHOR BARU: Police arrested six men, believed to be usurers, for allegedly extorting three YouTubers here.
Johor Police Chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the suspects were arrested between October 15 and 18 at five different locations around here and Hitam Ayer.
“The suspects are between 25 and 35 years old. Investigations revealed that four of them have criminal records for causing serious injuries, cheating and drug cases.
“Four of them are detained under the Crime Prevention Act of 1959 (Poca) for 21 days from October 22 to November 10, while the remaining two are in preventive detention for six days from October 19 until October 24, ”he said during a press release. lecture at state police headquarters here on Thursday (Oct 22).
He added that the police have also seized two vehicles, a laptop, a computer, mobile phones, SIM cards, a fake gun and a parang in addition to the accounting books containing the borrower’s name.
In an unrelated raid, Comm Ayob said eight men have been arrested for engaging in loan shaking activities.
“The suspects, aged 25 to 44, were arrested between September 29 and October 12. The first raid was carried out on September 29 at a house in Bukit Baru Jaya, Bukit Baru Dalam, Melaka, and six men were arrested.
“The second raid was on October 12 at a store in Danga Bay where two men were arrested,” he said, adding that all the suspects were arrested under Poca.
Comm Ayob said that the police also seized 10 computers, 31 mobile phones, 40 SIM cards, including numbers registered in Singapore, bank cards, a vehicle, cash worth RM62,000 and S $ 300 (RM916).
“Both groups have been operating for over a year and were recently activated after the motion control order (MCO) was relaxed.
“The group also has a similar modus operandi in which they would search for victims through social media, they would obtain their personal data like bank accounts, home address, CI numbers before transferring money to the provided bank account without consent.
“The amount is usually between S $ 400 (RM1 222) and S $ 1,500 (RM4 582). They are targeting mostly Malaysians working in Singapore, ”he said, adding that the interest rate is between 15% and 20%.
He added that failure to pay would result in extortion by loan sharks by using weapons such as parang, fake weapons as well as throwing Molotov cocktails at the victim’s home.
Both cases are investigated under Section 435/436 of the Penal Code for causing damage by fire, Section 427 of the Penal Code for damage caused to government property and Section 36 (1) of the Firearms Law of 1960 for being in possession of artificial weapons. arms.
On October 3), three YouTubers came out on video asking Comm Ayob for help after receiving threatening messages from a phone number registered in Singapore.
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