Bukit Aman says more Malaysians are heading to Thailand to con fellow countrymen.
As more Malaysians involved with the call centre scam or “Macau Scam” syndicates languish in Thai prisons, authorities in the two countries have called for more cooperation to nip the growing problem in the bud.
“The call centre scam involving Malaysians (in Thailand) needs to be given attention. Before such scams were perpetrated by Africans, Chinese or Taiwanese in Malaysia, but now Malaysians go to Thailand to cheat people here,” Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd told Bernama in an interview here, recently.
He said this in response to the Royal Thai Police (RTP) seeking Bukit Aman’s help in hunting down suspects linked to the six arrested Malaysians, who according to a reliable source, were hiding in several states in the country.
The source also said some of the Malaysians arrested in Thailand were part of a call centre syndicate masterminded by Taiwanese mafia as evident from a raid conducted by Thai police in October last year where they rescued three Malaysians, who were beaten and held captive against their will by the syndicate.
Thai police also arrested four other Malaysians in that raid, including a 19-year-old from Melaka whom authorities suspect played an important role in the syndicate, along with the Taiwanese gangsters.
The three rescued Malaysians, two men and a woman, were sent back to Malaysia yesterday.
According to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) liaison officer at the Malaysian Embassy in Thailand, Supt Ridzuan Abdul Aziz, the number of Malaysian scammers arrested in Thailand has increased of late.
“Throughout 2017, the Thai police conducted four raids on call centre syndicates headed by Malaysians in Bangkok and Pattaya,” he said.
He said PDRM and RTP would need to come up with a holistic approach to tackle the problem which had caused losses amounting to millions of Baht.
Meanwhile, deputy tourist police chief Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, who was appointed to head RTP’s efforts to clamp down on the call-centre scam in Thailand , told Bernama recently that the cooperation from the Malaysian police in tackling the problem was important.
He said cooperation with other countries was vital to eradicate such syndicates.
“Call center syndicates have been operating (in Thailand) for a long time and have networks in many countries. We will have to coordinate with that country’s police such as the Malaysian police,” he said.
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