KUALA LUMPUR: Five policemen, who’re amongst seven people detained on suspicion of involvement in a theft of a foreign national involving a sum of RM260,000, are facing internal disciplinary action together with attainable switch.
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief, Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa, stated the action can be taken based mostly on the findings of the investigation performed and the choice by the deputy public prosecutor (DPP).
“These policemen are nonetheless in service however are at the moment inactive. We await the choice of the DPP,” he stated after attending the month-to-month meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Police on the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquarters as we speak.
Rusdi stated that a number of the suspects detained can be requested to play a task as witnesses to the case and help in monitoring down one other suspect who continues to be at giant.
On April 7, seven people, together with 5 policemen, had been apprehended on suspicion of robbing a foreign man at a residence in Jalan Tun Razak, ensuing in a lack of RM260,000.
On one other growth, Rusdi stated that the Kuala Lumpur Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) has seized varied varieties of medication between January and March this 12 months, amounting to RM10.1 million, in comparison with RM39.7 million in the corresponding interval final 12 months.
“During the identical interval this 12 months, 5,977 people had been arrested, which is a big enhance from 3,576 people arrested in the identical interval final 12 months,” he stated.
Furthermore, Rusdi stated on-line fraud and rip-off circumstances, which had been rampant globally, have additionally contributed to the rise in crime charges in Kuala Lumpur.
He stated the Kuala Lumpur Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) had performed a complete of 996 raids for the interval from January to March 2024.
“For Call Centre Crimes, CCID has efficiently initiated 16 investigation papers involving the arrest of 180 people,” he stated.
Rusdi added that the Kuala Lumpur Special Branch had been investigating syndicates smuggling untaxed cigarettes and arrested two foreign nationals and confiscated untaxed cigarettes estimated to be price RM66,205.92 throughout the identical interval.
