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The Star

A “swingers” syndicate in Malaysia, which organised group sex for its 147,000 subscribers or “clients”, has been smashed with the arrest of 36 people, including civil servants.
It is learnt that the syndicate, which operated online, offered subscribers a chance to swap partners as well as take part in group sex in condominiums around the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur.
Each customer was charged 388 ringgit (US$89) to become a subscriber.
Among the clients arrested were university students and civil servants.
The syndicate, led by a Singaporean and a Malaysian, was believed to have been operating since early this year.
After surveillance and intelligence gathering in June, the Malaysian police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), along with other agencies including the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, raided a condominium in Mont Kiara, a suburb in the capital, at about 8.30pm on August 25.
CID deputy director Fadil Marsus said 34 people – 18 men and 16 women – were detained in the first raid.
“Those detained included university students, civil servants, a French citizen, a Chinese national, a Nigerian, as well as individuals from the Czech Republic and the Philippines.
“The youngest person nabbed was a 19-year-old woman. The woman had joined their events frequently until the syndicate hired her as a co-host of a swingers’ event,” he said.
Fadil said that further investigation led police to a condominium in Selangor state’s Puchong, where the Singaporean and Malaysian ringleaders were found.
“They were also the account holders who collected the subscription fees from customers,” he told a press conference at the CID headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Various items were seized, including sex paraphernalia, mobile phones, computers and cash.
Fadil said the two ringleaders were the administrators of the online platform promoting the syndicate’s services.
Besides paying the 388 ringgit subscriber’s fee, each client would be charged 400 ringgit if they attended any sex-related event organised by the syndicate.
“It would cost another 350 ringgit if they came with a partner,” he said.
To be accepted as a subscriber, he said the client would have to go through an interview process conducted by the syndicate.
“The syndicate would conduct a video interview with potential subscribers before they were accepted.
“For group sex events, the organisers would inform their clients a day prior to the event,” he said.
Fadil said the syndicate would organise a meet-and-greet session prior to the start of any swingers’ gathering before the participants engaged in group sex.
“The group sex would be conducted in three rooms with boundaries and rules set by the organisers,” he added.
These swingers’ events would take place in different condominiums to evade the authorities and keep away from public attention, Fadil said. He added that some of the attendees had took part in at least five swingers’ events. Besides organising these events, the syndicate would also upload pornographic videos and photos on their website.
“We will investigate the case further. We believe there are other online platforms that run similar services. We will track them down and nab them,” he said.
Fadil said the police need the cooperation of the public to put a stop to such vice activities.
“We will conduct further operations based on our own intelligence gathering and information from the public,” he said.
This story was first published by The Star


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Police said the syndicate, run by a Singaporean and a Malaysian, charged each customer US$89 to become a subscriber and held gatherings in condos


Police said the syndicate, run by a Singaporean and a Malaysian, charged each customer US$89 to become a subscriber and held gatherings in condos.


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