Tok Mat calls on Naypyidaw to do more, prevent issue from impacting neighbours in bloc

Refugees undergoing legal procedures, screening as Bangkok opens more detention facilities in case existing ones are insufficient

Preliminary probe reveals incident caused by territorial dispute over drug trafficking activities

Asean member states ramp up efforts to break syndicates' stranglehold in region

Suspects face maximum of 20 years' imprisonment upon conviction

Suspects arrested across four states, with police now hunting down remaining members

Syndicate believed to be processing synthetic drugs into pills, liquid for e-cigs, says Hussein Omar

Date set after AGC requests more time to review representation

PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — The Federal Court has granted bail of RM50,000 each for two businessmen charged with being members of an organised crime group, pending the outcome of their trial.

BANTING, March 6 — The police have not ruled out the possibility that illegal electronic waste (e-waste) processing activities raided under Op Hazard nationwide are linked to organised crime syndicates, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 12 — 22 individuals linked to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH), including its chief executive officer Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being part of an organised criminal group at the High Court today.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 18 — The High Court today set January 14 for its decision on the preliminary objection to the habeas corpus application for unlawful detention filed by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife Azura Md Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife Azura Md Yusof were charged in the Selayang Sessions Court today with being members of an organised crime group.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Messaging platform Telegram has been urged to cooperate with the government to tackle criminal activities that have been widely using the platform, as highlighted recently by the United Nations (UN).

BANGKOK, Oct 7 — Powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia extensively use the messaging app Telegram, which has enabled a fundamental change in the way organised crime can conduct large-scale illicit activity, the United Nations said in a report today.

SYDNEY, Sept 18 — The Australian police have revealed that dozens of people were arrested in the country as part of a global action against an encrypted communications network involving nine countries and European Union (EU) law enforcement agency Europol.

MANILA, Sept 4 — A fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of links to Chinese criminal syndicates has been arrested in Indonesia, Manila's Justice Ministry said in a statement today.

KUALA NERUS, Aug 22 — The Higher Education Ministry (Mohe) will expand awareness programmes across universities to prevent students from falling victim to fraudulent syndicates and acting as mule account holders, said Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud.

KOTA KINABALU, July 25 — Ten people, including two bank managers, allegedly linked to the theft of RM24.2 million from a bank’s fixed deposit accounts, were charged in the Sessions Court today with being members of an organised criminal group.

GEORGE TOWN, June 26 — Two men were shot dead in a shootout with the police along Jalan Permatang Baru at Sungai Lokan in Butterworth, Penang, early this morning.