Immigration busts online gambling ring in KL luxury condo, nabs 11 Chinese nationals

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Immigration officers raided a luxury residence in Jalan P. Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur, uncovering an online gambling syndicate run by 11 Chinese nationals.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Immigration Department has busted an online gambling syndicate operating from a luxury

00:07residence in Jalan P. Ramli, Kuala Lumpur with the arrest of 11 Chinese nationals during

00:13a special operation last Thursday.

00:16Immigration Director General Datuk Zakaria Shaban said personnel from the department's

00:20intelligence and special operations division arrested 10 men and a woman, aged between

00:2620 and 40, during the 3.50 p.m. raid.

00:30He said the syndicate had turned high-end residential units into online gambling operations centers

00:36managed by Chinese nationals and targeting overseas markets.

00:40The group allegedly used Telegram and WhatsApp for promotions and communications.

00:46Investigations revealed that two suspects had misused their social visit passes, five had

00:51overstayed, while four, three men and one woman, had no valid travel documents.

00:58Officers seized seven Chinese passports, 11 laptops, seven mobile phones, three computer

01:03sets and 3,900 ringgit in cash.

01:07All suspects are being detained for offenses under the Immigration Regulations 1963 and the

01:13Immigration Act 1959-63.

01:17Zakaria said the detainees were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Office for further investigation.

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