A fake base station is telecom equipment which sends out a signal, disconnecting mobile phone users in an area from their legitimate base stations and who then receive messages from the fake one instead.
The spokesperson said after investigating the police identified a flat in Toi San district. Officers saw the suspect, a 39-year-old construction worker surnamed Liu, leave the flat on Wednesday.
This undated handout photo provided by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday shows the fake base stations seized from the Taiwan suspect.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the suspect to a vehicle outside the PJ headquarters yesterday. – Photo: Iong Tat Choi
