25 h. ago Malaysian reporter arrested for sedition after controversial question at Gaza lecture

Former Free Malaysia Today (FMT) journalist Rex Tan was arrested at about 12.45am on Saturday after being summoned to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The arrest was confirmed by his lawyer, Rajsurian Pillai, who said Tan was detained under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 505(c) of the Penal Code. It followed a sensitive question alleged to contain racial elements that was raised during a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur. At...

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3 d. ago Cambodia says Chen Zhi’s extradition to China ‘not the end’ of scam centre crackdown

Cambodia’s arrest of alleged scam centre kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China is “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said. Last week’s surprise arrest of Chinese-born Chen is a key step in an until now fragmented international campaign targeting sophisticated scam networks in Southeast Asia run by criminal gangs, swindling victims worldwide out of billions of dollars. The extradition of Chen, sanctioned by several...

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5 d. ago Billionaire scam kingpin in Southeast Asia arrested and extradited to China

Billionaire scam kingpin in Southeast Asia arrested and extradited to China  asiatechreview.com

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8 d. ago Prince Group founder linked to online scams extradited to China, says CCTV

Prince Group founder linked to online scams extradited to China, says CCTV  WHTC

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9 d. ago China extradited Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, state media reports

China extradited Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, state media reports  Reuters

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9 d. ago Cambodia dissolves accused scam tycoon Chen Zhi’s Prince Bank

A Cambodian bank founded by accused scam boss Chen Zhi, who has been indicted by the United States over a multibillion-dollar fraud and extradited to China, was ordered liquidated on Thursday, Cambodia’s central bank said. Prince Bank “has been placed under liquidation in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia”, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in a statement. Prince Bank has been “suspended from providing new banking services, including accepting deposits and providing...

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1 week ago Chen Zhi: Alleged cybercrime kingpin arrested and extradited to China, Cambodia says

Chen Zhi: Alleged cybercrime kingpin arrested and extradited to China, Cambodia says  CNN

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1 week ago Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Colombia

Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Colombia  The Guardian

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1 week ago Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Cambodia

Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrives in China after extradition from Cambodia  The Guardian

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1 week ago China accuses extradited billionaire Chen Zhi of running a crime network from Cambodia

Cambodia has extradited to the mainland a billionaire Chinese tycoon whom Beijing accuses of operating a transnational crime network, including opening a casino and engaging in fraud. At the request of Chinese authorities, Cambodia arrested three Chinese nationals – including Chen Zhi, the founder of Prince Holding Group – and transferred them to China on Tuesday, Cambodia China Times reported on Wednesday night. The Cambodian Ministry of Interior said in a statement that law enforcement from...

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3 w. ago Malaysia arrests 2 over video of man in headscarf drinking alcohol

A local man and a woman have been detained in connection with a video showing an individual wearing a headscarf while consuming alcohol in Malaysia. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Commissioner M Kumar said the duo, aged 22 and 24, were arrested at about 4.30pm on Wednesday in Subang Jaya, Selangor state, to assist in investigations. “Initial investigations found that the individual seen wearing a headscarf and consuming alcohol in the video was a man,” he said in a...

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