Syndicate growing playing software program busted, 39 arrested

KUALA LUMPUR: Police busted a syndicate specialising in growing and sustaining playing web sites and purposes with the arrest of 39 syndicate members within the metropolis space final February 28.

Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) secretary Datuk Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin stated all these detained had been aged between 23 and 49 years, comprising 22 native males and 10 native ladies, 5 male and two ladies foreigners.

“Primarily based on our intelligence report, the syndicate operated beneath the disguise of two data know-how and a pc programming corporations to keep away from detection.

“The syndicate additionally supplied providers to develop web sites containing numerous on-line video games and purposes,” she stated in a press release right here at present.

Police confiscated 30 laptops, 9 computer systems, 47 cellphones and a passport within the raid.

The suspects have been remanded for 4 days and the case was being investigated beneath Part 420 of the Penal Code, the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Open Playing Home Act 1953, she stated.

“The police are all the time dedicated to combating on-line playing actions and we urge the general public to assist eradicate on-line playing on social web sites by relaying data to the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Fee (MCMC),” she added. – Bernama