KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 -- The federal police have arrested five more local men, including a businessman with the title "Tan Sri" and another with the title "Datuk Seri, in their investigation of the alleged MBI Group International scam.

Datuk Muhamed Hasbullah Aliq, head of the Money Laundering Crime Investigation Team of the Office of the Inspector-General of Police, said all individuals are currently under remand for five to six days to assist in the ongoing investigation.

"Following information obtained from the first operation and further investigations, the task force carried out a second series of operations in the Klang Valley and northern regions of Peninsular Malaysia from April 18 to April 21," he said in a press conference at...