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Malaysian police arrested 12 senior law enforcement officers on suspicion of working with an alleged crime lord linked to a Chinese criminal syndicate, the police chief of Johor state said on Tuesday.
Two officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) were among those arrested, Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said.
“The Johor Commercial Crimes [unit] had launched an operation from April 21 to 27 and arrested 12 law enforcement officers aged between 36 and 49,” the Johor police chief said. “The officers were rounded up … in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan.”
The arrests came as Malaysian police intensified the crackdown against law enforcement officers suspected of working with fugitive criminal Nicky Liow Soon Hee – the alleged leader of the Nicky Gang.
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File picure of Nicky Liow. On April 9, Nicky and his brother Liow Wei Loon were charged in absentia at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court in Selangor for alleged involvement in an organised crime group. Bernama pic
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KUANTAN, April 26 The Pahang Palace has revoked and stripped fugitive businessman Liow Soon Hee or Nicky Liow of the Darjah Kebesaran Darjah Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (SSAP) and “Datuk Seri” title with immediate effect.
State Secretary Datuk Seri Sallehuddin Ishak said also revoked and stripped was the datukship and the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) of his brother, Liow Wei Loon.