The Mamak Gang is a notorious

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that has been active since the early 1990s. Originally they specialised in breaking into

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and

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s, but eventually they switched to mainly

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and

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motorists. The gang is most notorious for stealing RM 12 million (equal to 2.8 million

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) worth of

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bars from the

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cargo complex at the former

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1994 (31 August 1994). Although its key members were rounded up by the police several times and sentenced to either preventive detention or banished to remote areas of the country, they managed to run their "criminal empire" from detention by using mobile phones and

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s to deliver instructions for them. The gang's crime spree came to an end in December 2006 when

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police arrested the last three members of the gang still at large.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gang, Mamak Organizations established in the 1990s 1990s establishments in Malaysia Organizations disestablished in 2006 2006 disestablishments in Malaysia Organized crime groups in Malaysia