IPOH, July 18 -- Perak police have arrested 12 Chinese nationals in two separate raids in Ipoh over suspected online love scam centres.

Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the raids were carried out at two houses in Taman Ipoh Selatan and Medan Pengkalan Setia at about 4.15pm on July 16.

"Following intelligence on online fraud activities, police conducted the raids and arrested 12 Chinese men aged between 25 and 40 years old," he said in a statement today.

The latest operation marks the second online scam bust in Ipoh within three days, after police arrested 18 Chinese nationals on July 13 over suspected scam centres allegedly exploiting third-party financial accounts to defraud victims.

Based on preliminary investig...