Bukit Aman commercial crime investigation department director Ramli Yoosuf said the duo, aged 53 and 57, were believed to be the masterminds behind the syndicate.

He said the first raid was conducted at a residential unit in Sungai Long, Kajang, which was suspected to be the control centre to monitor server uptime and downtime for illegal streaming activities.

“The second premises was in Jalan Kovil Hilir, Sentul, and the third in Taman Genting, Setapak. They were suspected of housing servers for illegal streaming, supplying content from Astro and other international broadcasting stations to users of the syndicate’s application,” he said.

In the operation, the police also seized several Astro streaming devices, international broadcasting equipment, video encoders and several satellite dishes with an estimated value of RM100,000.

Ramli said the case is being investigated under Section 43AA(1) of the Copyright Act 1987 and advised the public not to engage in illegal streaming activities as it is an offence under the law.