THREE men were detained in separate raids around the capital last Friday, on suspicion of robbing an employee of a cryptocurrency company.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said following the arrest of the suspects aged between 31 and 42, police seized RM1.03 million in cash, several gold bars, jewellery and a vehicle believed to have been bought using proceeds from the robbery.

In the incident on October 8, the employee, who was carrying RM1.6 million in cash for a business transaction, was waylaid by two men in the car park of a shopping complex in Kepong.

They then fled with the money in a car.

He said investigations found the suspects had tailed and monitored the victim’s movement three to six days before robbing him.

“All three suspects have been remanded until Thursday for further investigations,” he said in a press conference at the Sentul district police headquarters today.

Saiful also advised business owners who are handling large amounts of cash not to use the same route daily to avoid being targeted by criminals.

In a separate development, police picked up two women to assist in investigations, after a female customer died while undergoing a liposuction treatment at a registered beauty parlour in Cheras .

Saiful said the women, aged 49 and 23, are a mother and daughter team, and have been remanded for three days under Section 304A of the Penal Code for causing death by negligence.

“Investigations found the victim went to the parlour that does not have a practising certificate to conduct the procedure,” he said.

However, Saiful said the victim allegedly wanted to continue with the procedure despite knowing the duo were not qualified to perform it.

He said the victim experienced shortness of breath and fainted after undergoing the process.

The store owner then called for an ambulance, but the victim was pronounced dead. – Bernama, October 19, 2020.