After reading reports of travellers being extorted by policemen at the Johor Bahru checkpoint, one Malaysian traveller mustered up the courage to report his own experience. Wu Zhiwen (transliteration), 50, who works in Singapore, lodged a police report on Friday (April 19) and held a press conference the same day.
at the Johor Bahru checkpoint, one Malaysian traveller mustered up the courage to report his own experience.
The police report made by Wu led to the arrest of two policemen — the same cops who were arrested previously for a similar offence, reported Malaysian media on Saturday. Wu said that he was subsequently taken into a room with the police logo at the door, where the three of them stayed for an hour. His passport and mobile phone were also taken away.
The transaction was then carried out in a toilet with one police officer while the other stood guard outside.
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