Suspect in Cambodia jobs scam out on bail as remand expires

KUCHING: A man who was arrested and remanded last month in connection with the Cambodia jobs scam has been released on police bail upon the expiry of his remand order.

Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) head Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah said the 35-year- old, who was the first of three persons picked up by police, is required to make himself available for further investigation if and when the need arises.

“We ( police) have reached the

We (police) have reached the maximum seven days for the remand order. The suspect was arrested of Feb 23 and remanded from Feb 23 to March 3 (yesterday). Supt Mustafa Kamal Gani Abdullah, Sarawak Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) head

maximum seven days for the remand order. The suspect was arrested of Feb 23 and remanded from Feb 23 to March 3 (yesterday),” he said in a statement yesterday.

Mustafa Kamal disclosed that the remand order on the other two suspects – a man and a woman both aged 35 – expires today after also entering the maximum sevenday period. Both have been under remand since Feb 25.

All three are being probed under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. They were arrested over an alleged jobs scam which saw 47 Malaysians, including 40 from Sarawak, land in a Cambodian prison.

The detainees were released after the Cambodian government ruled that they were victims of a jobs scam, and returned to Malaysia on Feb 17.