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General : Foreign investment scam: Penang police nab 21, including 8 Chinese nationals


Source: bernama.com bernama.com
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bootstrap slideshow 25/01/2021 03:31 PM GEORGE TOWN, Jan 25 — Penang police have crippled a foreign investment fraud syndicate following the arrest of 21 people, including eight Chinese nationals, in a raid on two luxury homes in Batu Feringghi two days ago. Penang police chief Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said the raid was carried out after detaining a Honda City car with a local man and a male Chinese national in it at an Ops COVID-19 roadblock at Jalan Batu Feringghi, here at 7 pm after they were spotted behaving suspiciously. “Following thearrest, the police raided two luxury houses, namely…

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