KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12 -- Police have arrested a husband-and-wife team in Negeri Sembilan over allegations they used illegally modified Touch 'n Go cards in their transport company's operations, racking up losses of nearly RM60,000 since last year.

According to Utusan Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan Police Chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said the 43-year-old Malaysian man and his 33-year-old wife, who is a citizen of China, bought the tampered cards in bulk from a local supplier.

"They purchased between 200 and 300 cards in a cash transaction. Each card cost RM150 and carried an invalid top-up of RM300 - double the card's price," he told reporters at Seremban District Police Headquarters.

The couple allegedly distributed the illegally modified car...