Form new law to charge scam masterminds - MHO
Currently, there is still a loophole in the law to link the mastermind behind the online fraud worth millions of ringgit.
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia needs to have new laws to curb and overcome online fraud or scam activities.
Malaysian International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) secretary-general Datuk Hishamuddin Hashim said that the law was necessary for the authorities to carry out a thorough investigation and charge the masterminds of the said crime.
He said, with the new law, the authorities could make arrests involving preventive factors.
In commercial crime, he said there was still a loophole in the law to link the mastermind behind the online fraud worth millions of ringgit.
"There is no constitution that the authorities can use in prosecuting the masterminds of online fraud syndicates.
"Unlike arrests or prosecutions in other crimes, commercial crimes are difficult to accompany with evidence when traces of money laundering flows are made in many transactions.
"This is because the syndicate has changed its tactics or modus operandi to avoid being tracked by the authorities," he told Sinar on Friday.
He said, charges of fraudulent activities require evidence of transactions, but it was difficult to prove when a cash flow chart does not exist.
