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KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 993 people were arrested for alleged involvement in Macau scam activities in the first 10 months of this year, Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Vice Minister of the Interior II Jonathan Yasin (pix) said the arrests from January 1 to October 31 involved 912 locals and 81 foreigners.
“Some 605 people have been charged (in court),” he said in response to a question from Datuk Mohamad Alamin (BN-Kimanis).
So far, he said that there is no study on the age of those involved in the activity and that the Ministry of the Interior will carry out a study in this regard.
Meanwhile, Jonathan said that the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) was always working with various parties, including the Communications and Multimedia Commission of Malaysia (MCMC), Bank Negara Malaysia, telecommunications companies and banking institutions to combat online fraud. .
Apart from that, he said that in March 2019 a technical cybercrime committee made up of PDRM and MCMC was established for the same purpose.
He said the PDRM had also established a special working group to identify and monitor the latest trends in online crime cases. – Called
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