PETALING JAYA: PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil has proposed the formation of a task force to help banking scam victims seek legal redress.
He said the task force could comprise representatives from Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) component parties.
“For PKR, I will put forward a motion to form a task force involving PH’s parties to help scam victims with legal action and also to recommend additional institutional reforms to ensure we can defeat these criminals (scammers),” he said on Facebook.
The Lembah Pantai MP also questioned why action by the government, banks and banking associations had proved ineffective in dealing with scammers who had been using a similar modus operandi.
He said the finance, communications and multimedia, home affairs, and law ministers, among others, must work on a solution to lessen and eradicate scamming in Malaysia.
He also said the Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) and the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) must come forward and explain how banking security systems could be exploited by such scammers.
“The existing security systems, especially for online banking, must be urgently revamped, including the implementation of two-factor authentication and the use of International Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers for suspicious…
