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| Alvin Goh Arrested |
The main suspect in the money laundering case, Goh Leong Yeong or Alvin Goh who escaped and was found hiding in a resort in Pahang was arrested, early this morning.
KUALA LUMPUR: The main suspect in the money laundering case, Goh Leong Yeong or Alvin Goh who escaped and was found hiding at a resort in Pahang was arrested, early this morning.
Alvin was arrested at 1.20am with a foreign woman believed to be his lover by a team of officers and members of the Bukit Aman
Criminal Investigation Department (JSJ) outside the Klang Valley.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said the suspect, who is also the coordinator of Macau Scam activities in China, was arrested after efforts to track him down since October 12.
"He was then taken to the Kuala Lumpur Contingent Police Headquarters (IPK) for further investigation under Section 117,"\
Police believed that Alvin had previously moved from one location to another to avoid being detected by the police.
"We will also conduct further investigations to identify how he was able to escape, including allegations that he was allegedly assisted by certain parties," he said.
Earlier, the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador, also confirmed the arrest.
The media had previously reported that the main suspect in the money laundering syndicate case was found to have escaped with the help of his two bodyguards based on CCTV footage at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building in Putrajaya.
As a result of the CCTV footage, the suspect was found climbing the fence with the help of two bodyguards who were ready and a Myvi car waiting by the roadside, thus escaping from the police who was waiting at the main gate of the MACC building," he said.
