SHAH ALAM, Oct 28 — Police have arrested a man suspected of being the mastermind behind a vehicle and property sale scam in which photographs of the Raja Muda of Selangor were allegedly misused, with total losses estimated at RM1.42 million.
Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the 40-year-old suspect was arrested in Johor Bahru at about 5 pm yesterday following continuous intelligence gathering into 26 police reports received nationwide since 2023.
“During the arrest, the suspect was found hiding at a residential property belonging to an acquaintance in Johor, which is believed to have served as his hideout after he went missing on October 13.
“Also arrested were two siblings who were acquaintances of the suspect — a 26-year-old woman in Shah Alam, followed by her 27-year-old brother in Johor Bahru — after they were suspected of conspiring to hide him,” he told a press conference at the Selangor police headquarters here today.
