Datuk Dev Kumar (second, left) together with Mas Tina Abdul Hamid (second, right), at the soft launch of PDRM-VTREC vehicle theft public awareness campaign 2021. ART CHEN/The Star.
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 7,000 vehicles were stolen in the country last year, a drop of 37% from 2019, but authorities say more could be done to raise public awareness of the crime.
Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (VTREC) coordinator Mas Tina Abdul Hamid said an average of 20 vehicles were stolen daily in 2020 compared to 32 per day in 2019. We have seen a reduction in vehicle thefts of 37% with 7,400 cases reported last year compared to 11,675 in 2019. According to statistics from Insurance Services Malaysia, 3,993 motorcycles, 2,981 private cars and 426 commercial vehicles were stolen last year, she said at the soft launch of the Vehicle Theft Public Awareness Campaign at TPC Kuala Lumpur on Monday (April 5).
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman will work with their counterparts in Seoul over investigations into an alleged theft by a Malaysian at a casino there.
South Korean investigators found several billion won in cash at the residence of a female Malaysian executive, a key suspect in the case, who was in charge of handling funds at the casino.
Bukit Aman CID deputy director Deputy Comm Datuk Dev Kumar said their counterparts have yet to reach out. We will contact our counterpart in Seoul through Interpol. We will try to get more details on this case, including her identity and whereabouts, he said when contacted on Thursday (Jan 14).