Hong Kong / Johor – Malaysian police, assisted by the Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft (MFACT), representative of the Motion Pictures Association (MPA) in Malaysia, have closed down the ninth pirate DVD operation, this one in a palm oil plantation in Kluang, Johor. Authorities seized 6,200 copies of pirated DVDs, 3000 kg of raw material for optical discs (polycarbonate) and two DVD replicating machines capable of producing more than 7 million pirated discs annually that were estimated to yield $US20 million. Four workers aged between 20 and 60 were arrested. Titles by Motion Pictures Association (MPA) members found during the raid included Bee Movie and American Gangster. Latest crackdown followed a police operation the previous week that seized 414 burners and two replicating machines. According to MFACT Director Nor Hayati Yahaya, the enforcement agencies have seized 17 replicating machines in total and estimated that the machines running 10 hours daily would have produced 60 million pirated discs in a year.
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