Malaysian civil servants among 36 arrested in raid on ‘swingers’ ring holding group sex events

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