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A YOUNG couple pleaded guilty at the Magistrates’ Court in Muar on Thursday to conspiring to operate a calling centre for an online scam syndicate that offered non-existent personal loans.
Tan Sze Pei, 26, and her boyfriend, Lau Chun Hong, 27, entered their pleas after the charges were read before Magistrate Kartini Kasran.
The court fined each accused RM3,000 and ordered that they serve four months’ imprisonment in default of payment. Both defendants subsequently settled the fines.
According to the charge, the pair acted in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy by offering fraudulent online loans that did not exist, an offence linked to Section 415 of the Penal Code.
The offence was allegedly committed at a premises in Taman Sri Jeram, Jalan Bakri, at approximately 7.10pm on April 15.
They were charged under Section 120A of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 120B(2), read together with Section 34 of the same Code.
The provision carries a penalty of imprisonment of up to six months, a fine, or both upon conviction.
Court documents stated that officers from the Technical Operations and Support Division of Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department raided the premises after it was suspected of being used for fraudulent online loan activities.
During the operation, police seized equipment allegedly used in the scam, including laptop computers and multiple mobile phones.
Investigators later discovered, through social media analysis, documents linked to fraudulent online loan offers, together with telephone numbers, four bank accounts and company names believed to have been used in the operation.
Police investigations further established that the seized materials were connected to nine police reports previously lodged by victims.
The prosecution was led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Yasmin Mohd Piah, while the accused were represented by lawyer Fatimah Zahra Azmi from the National Legal Aid Foundation (YBGK). - May 7, 2026
