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KUALA LUMPUR: Two women believed to be the masterminds of an extortion syndicate through pornographic video calls are among the five people arrested to aid in the police investigation since last July.
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin (pix) said all the suspects, aged between 22 and 30, were arrested in Taman Indah Perdana on July 31.
He said the case was discovered after police received a report from a man claiming that he had received a threat from an unknown man to reveal a half-naked video of the whistleblower to friends.
“Out of fear of the threat, the victim transferred RM7,000 to the account of one of the suspects.
“Dissatisfied with the amount, the suspect had asked for an additional RM3,000 if the victim wanted the video erased,” he told a press conference yesterday at the Kuala Lumpur Contingent Police Headquarters.
Saiful Azly said that several laptops, mobile phones and ATM cards from various banks were also seized during the raid.
He said further checks found there were 12 reports in total involving local men claiming to be victims of extortion by the union.
“The way of operation of the union that has been active for more than a year is to create fake profiles on social media applications while women are used as baits to entice the victim to make video calls.
“The suspect will also force the victim to be naked in a video call and through the WhatsApp application he will ask for RM10,000 in cash through extortion,” he said.
Commenting further, he said that three suspects had been charged under the Crime Prevention Act of 1959, while two others were released on police bail.
In another development, he said that four men between the ages of 29 and 61 were separately arrested around the Klang Valley from January to July last year on suspicion of involvement in pedophilia activities.Called
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