Cops crack down on ‘Gang Castelo’ in human smuggling bust

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have busted a syndicate that charged migrants up to RM2,300 each to return to their home country illegally in two recent raids. Sinar Harian reported that the two raids in Ops Pintas were carried out by the Federal Police Criminal Investigation Department's Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrants Smuggling Prevention Division (D3). The coordinated raids...

City Hall raids businesses using public spaces to display goods

PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur City Hall has conducted a special operation on business operators that use public areas to store and display goods, including those operating in unhygienic conditions. City Hall's Enforcement Division and the Health and Environment Division led the operation which focused on businesses at Pasar Borong Kuala Lumpur and Pusat Bandar Utara Kuala...

MACC raids four FashionValet premises

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has raided four FashionValet premises. The MACC announced this in a post on their official TikTok account on Monday (Nov 4). ALSO READ: Sorry not enough to make up for RM43.9mil loss, says Perikatan MP It added that the four raids were conducted simultaneously on Monday, including its office based in Kuala Lumpur. MACC...

Cops bust burglary gang, arrest six Chinese nationals

SHAH ALAM: Police have arrested several members of a burglary gang, including six male Chinese nationals and a local man, in a series of raids in Kuala Lumpur and Subang Jaya. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were nabbed in an operation conducted on Oct 5 and 6. "We believe they have...

GISB’s business operations nationwide crippled amidst police action

KUALA LUMPUR: Business activities involving GlSB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISB) in the country are believed to have come to a halt following a series of large-scale raids conducted by the police under Op Global phases 1 to 4, which commenced early this month. During these operations, police froze 138 bank accounts belonging to GISB, seizing over...

GISB probe: Seizures include almost RM900,000 cash, horses and peacocks

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized a wide variety of items from Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) during Ops Global, including almost RM900,000 cash; animals including horses, rabbit and peacocks, as well as multiple vehicles, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said a total of 138 GSIB bank accounts with funds totalling...

GISB probe: CEO has 26 kids, only one not a follower

KOTA BARU: The chief executive officer of Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) Holdings has 26 children but only one is not a follower of the group. The 25 children, from Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali's marriages to four wives, are followers of GISB and work loyally without receiving a salary, even though they travel abroad regularly. However,...

Houses of horror: IGP rubbishes allegations cops protecting GISB

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has refuted allegations that Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) was protected by the authorities. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said senior police officers, including himself being photographed previously with those linked to the company, were not a form of endorsement for the company. "Wrong is wrong. If our investigation...

Four nabbed over seven housebreaking cases in Johor

KULAI: Police have arrested four local men suspected of involvement in seven house break-ins here as well as in Pontian and Seri Alam. Kulai OCPD Supt Tan Seng Lee said the suspects, aged between 41 and 55, were picked up during raids in two different locations in Johor Baru. “They were apprehended between 9.20pm and 11.20pm on...

One scam probe leads to cops cracking 61 cases

KUALA LUMPUR: A former banker lost nearly RM4mil to scammers who claimed she had unauthorised insurance claims made under her name – but the good news is that her case led to a breakthrough in investigations and nine people were arrested. The suspects have been linked to 61 cases involving RM28.92mil in losses. According to Bukit Aman...