Malaysians Arrest 680 Suspected Members of Chinese Online Fraud Gang

Malaysians Arrest 680 Suspected Members of Chinese Online Fraud Gang
A view of the Kuala Lumpur city skyline in Malaysia on Feb. 7, 2018. Lai Seng Sin/Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysian authorities have arrested 680 Chinese nationals suspected of operating an extensive online fraud operation cheating people in their homeland, officials said on Nov. 21.

A team of 150 Immigration Department officers raided the suspects’ well-guarded headquarters in the town of Cyberjaya on Wednesday, the director general of the Immigration Department, Khairul Dzaimee Daud, said in a statement.