KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 -- Four members of illegal gambling syndicates were nabbed this month under the Prevention of Crime Act (POCA) 1959, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.
Without revealing further details on the detention of all the suspects, Abdul Hamid said four individuals were detained in Sabah and Sarawak.
He said investigations on the case were still going on against the suspects on the syndicates they were believed to be involved.
In another development, Abdul Hamid said police would be carrying out a major reshuffle soon following allegations that officers of security forces were involved in gambling activities.
"The reshuffle would be conducted, it has just been discussed by Police Force Commission and it would be made shortly,” he told Bernama after a Police Excellence Service Award ceremony at the Senior Officers’ Mess in Bukit Aman here today.
Meanwhile Bukit Aman CID director, Datuk Huzir Mohamed said the Attorney-General’s Chamber had issued several orders which would carried out by police following the airing of the Al Jazeera news documentary in July.
“There are actions to be taken as instructed by the deputy public prosecutor,” he said.
Al Jazeera had earlier broadcast a 25-minute documentary titled 'Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown' on the treatment of illegal immigrants when Malaysia was carrying measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 infection.
-- BERNAMA
