KUCHING: The first suspect, arrested in connection with the recent Cambodia job scam, was today released on police bail.
The 35-year-old from Kuching, who was arrested on Feb 23, was remanded for seven days from Feb 24 until yesterday.
Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said the maximum period for a remand order under section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating was seven days.
“Yesterday, we requested the court to release the suspect on police bail,” he said in a statement issued yesterday.
He said at 9am yesterday, the Investigating Officer of the case Asp Pricha Azin read the release on police bail before Kuching High Court registrar Dora Undau.
However, the suspect is required to assist in the police investigation at anytime.
Meanwhile, the seven-day remand for two more two suspects, a 35-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, will also end tomorrow.
The man was arrested a house at Traffic Garden on Feb 24 while the woman was nabbed at a house at Taman Chung Hua, on the same day.
On Dec 11, 47 Malaysians aged between 19 and 44 were detained in Banteay Meanchey Provincial Prison in Cambodia for alleged involvement in fraud and online gambling activities.
They were released on Feb 15 after the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen found out that they had been cheated by a job agency syndicate and after the Malaysian government and state government negotiated for their release.
