KUCHING: State commercial crime investigation department (CCID) chief Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah says his department has received four reports on the 47 Malaysians who were arrested and detained in Cambodia last December.
Forty of them were Sarawakians. They accepted job offers that promised high pay before discovering that they were victims of a scam.
Forced to do illegal online gambling work, they were held in a house before it was raided by the Cambodian police.
The Malaysians have since been released by Cambodian authorities on Sunday and are back on home soil safe and sound.
“The cases are now being investigated by CCID Sarawak police under Section 420 of the Penal Code.
“The first report was lodged yesterday at 12.45pm,” said Supt Kamal.
He added that he could not give too much information to prevent jeopardising investigation.
