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KUALA LUMPUR, September 18 – Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan said today that his investment in Perak-based SEA Gamer Mall (SEAGM) was personal in nature and has no ties to his conglomerate Berjaya Corp Bhd.
The two Sea Gamer Mall executives face extradition to the United States after the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) accused them of their involvement in a global hacking operation for at least the past six years.
The two have been identified as Wong Ong Hua and Ling Yang Ching.
“I want to clarify that Berjaya Corporation Berhad Group of Companies has no interest in SEAGM. My shareholding in SEAGM is entirely my personal investment, which I can choose to divest when the time is right, “he said today in a statement.
Tan also said that reports about his daughters, Nerine Tan and Chryseis Tan, involvement with SEAGM were inaccurate. She said they were non-executive directors who are no longer part of the company.
“At all times, my daughters were not involved at all in the running of the company. They were just my nominees on the SEAGM board. In fact, both Nerine and Chryseis already resigned prior to this incident, ”he said.
The Justice Department charged Wong, 46, and Ling, 32, with 23 counts of extortion, conspiracy, identity theft, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, money laundering, violations of the Law of Computer Abuse and Fraud and false registration of domain names.
The report from the US Department of Justice stated that Wong and Ling were arrested on September 14 through cooperation with local enforcement authorities and are now facing extradition proceedings.
In a statement, US Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen announced charges against five Chinese and two Malaysian nationals who ran global hacking operations to steal identities and video game technology, plant ransomware and spy on Hong Kong activists. Kong.
He said that the Chinese defendants attacked more than 100 victims around the world in a variety of industries and sectors.
He added that the hackers used a sophisticated technique known as a ‘supply chain attack’, in which Chinese hackers compromised software vendors around the world and modified vendor code to install backdoors that enabled more attacks against software vendor customers. .
However, Tan defended the executives, saying he did not feel the two executives had the expertise or tools necessary for hacking and hacking.
“The two SEAGM executives maintain their innocence and have appointed Malaysian legal advisers to represent them.
“Management has assured me that SEAGM will extend its full cooperation to the authorities and continue its mission of offering the safest services to all of its millions of customers around the world,” Tan said.
