KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The Royal Malaysian Police suspect there are victims of overseas job fraud syndicates who were rescued earlier but have since become agents of the syndicate to lure other Malaysians.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — A total of 77 Malaysians were arrested abroad for various drug offences from 2021 to November this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — The majority of Malaysians who fall victim to overseas job scam syndicates are from the interior and rural areas, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

BANGKOK, Feb 23 — Thailand and Cambodia agreed to step up cooperation to combat the rise of call centre scams in the two countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received 572 reports involving Malaysian who were victims of 'job scam' syndicates abroad as of yesterday, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Two local employment agencies were found to be involved in hoodwinking Malaysians into accepting offers from job scam syndicates abroad.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The issue of job scams involving Malaysians and the government's steps to address the problem are among the issues expected to be raised in today's Dewan Rakyat sitting.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 21 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) as of yesterday has received a total of 488 reports of Malaysian citizens who were victims of job scam syndicates in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 14 — Police arrested 14 individuals of an online fraud syndicate for allegedly offering non-existent jobs in a raid on two terraced houses in Taman Mount Austin here three days ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — A total of 110 Malaysians who were stranded abroad after falling victim to job scam syndicates have been rescued and brought home, said Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) secretary Datuk Noorsiah Saaduddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — Three Malaysian NGOs today called on the Government of Laos to help secure the release of Malaysians held captive in that country by a fraud employment syndicate that had lured them with offers of high-paying jobs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — The issue of Malaysians left stranded in foreign countries after falling victim to overseas job scam syndicates, was among matters raised at the 16th Asean Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) plenary session yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 — A multi-agency special committee led by the Foreign Ministry, will be formed to ensure Malaysians who have fallen victim to job scam syndicates and stranded in other countries are brought home safely.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — The proposed setting up of a special committee at the Asean level will be among the approaches to be discussed by the Cabinet at its meeting tomorrow to resolve the issue of Malaysians falling victims to job scams abroad, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Special Functions) Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — Twenty-nine Malaysians who were victims of fake job scams in Cambodia will be brought back to Malaysia in stages beginning end-September.

BANGKOK, Sept 12 — Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test results confirmed the man who died at Mae Sot Hospital near the Thailand - Myanmar border last May was Malaysian Goi Zhen Feng, who was believed to be the victim of a job fraud syndicate.