M’sian charged in Singapore over Cambodia-based scam syndicate
A Malaysian man alleged to have helped run a Cambodia-based scam syndicate targeting victims in Singapore was charged in a court in the republic on Tuesday.
Bernard Goh, 24, was one of 34 suspects, including 27 Singaporeans and seven Malaysians, whom Singapore police identified last month as members of an organised crime group operating from a scam compound in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Goh, who was handed over to the Singapore police by their Malaysian counterparts a day earlier, was charged with overseeing the operations of a call centre that targeted and cheated victims in Singapore, local media reported.
He faces a prison term of up to five years, a fine of up to S$100,000, or both.
Goh had previously been detained in Phnom Penh by Cambodian police before being deported to Malaysia, according to The Straits…
