KLANG: Seven hundred unlicensed posters, banners and stickers were removed in a three-hour operation by the Klang Utara police Commercial Crime Investigation Division, today.
More than 20 policemen including enforcement officers from the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) were involved in the operation.
The main focus of the operation was to eliminate illegal advertisements by loan sharks in and around the Klang vicinity.
Klang Utara district police chief Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the operation was held at three different locations, which were in and around Jalan Pekan Baru area, along Jalan Goh Hock Huat, in Taman Berkeley, Taman Eng Ann and Taman Intan.
"The phone numbers on the illegal posters will be send to the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to terminate their service. The banners and posters will be destroyed by MPK.
He said last year, police received 37 cases of illegal loan shark posters. This year, from January until April, police received 16 cases.
"From the 37 cases, 16 cases are currently under investigation," he said.