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NGO chairman remanded over demand for protection money

Bernama 23/06/2016 | 05:43 MYT
The NGO chairman led out of the Magistrate Court after police obtained remand order against him for allegedly demanding protection money from illegal gambling operators. - fotoBERNAMA
The Magistrate's Court today issued an order to remand an NGO chairman for two days from today over a police investigation into a demand for protection money.

Seremban Lower Courts assistant registrar Nor Anida Norhamdan issued the order to the police at 10am.

The NGO chairman was picked up by a police team from the Bukit Aman CID Department near the Nilai toll plaza at 10.50pm yesterday.

The police are investigating a demand for RM25,000 protection money from the operator of an illegal lottery last night.


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