GEORGE TOWN: Penang has recorded a 45 per cent increase in online scam cases this year compared with last year. The state recorded 2,363 scam cases this year compared with 1,632 cases last year. Among the online scam cases are phone scam, love scam, e-commerce scam, non-existent loan and investment scams, phishing and part time…
In line with MCPFs Primary Mission of providing Crime Prevention Awareness and with the current pervasive concerns of various SCAMs that has been ever evolving, MCPF Penang worked with its Website Webmaster at Ascom Resources Sdn. Bhd. to help heighten ease of reference by its Website visitors with a encyclopaedic ‘One Stop’ QR Code that…
The illegal gambling menace in Malaysia continues to make headlines. This is a decades-long issue that has morphed from illegal sellers taking bets at coffee shops to punters placing bets via mobile phone applications. While there are sufficient laws to tackle the scourge, why is it still happening? Criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy said there…
NEWS reports of Malaysians returning home after spending arduous months in scam parks often entail horrific details of torture and even death. These victims, who ended up being trafficked after falling prey to job scams, come from various backgrounds of age and education; naivety, has been touted by several experts as the key aspect for…
MCPF Penang District Liaison Committees Organization Structures have been updated in MCPF Penang Website www.mcpfpg.org and details can be perused from its ‘drop down’ Menu – “About MCPF” under the sub-header of “Penang District Liaison Committees (DLC). Readers and Visitors’ to our Website are encouraged to ‘Get to KNOW who your respective District Liaison Committee…
MCPF Barat Daya DLC Chairman James Mohan led his Team to a Courtesy Visit of PDRM South-West District at the Balai Polis Bayan Lepas on 14th November 2023. In attendance from PDRM were YDH DSP Jefri Md Zain, Deputy OCPD of Barat Daya; Division Heads of and Police Officers from PDRM Barat Daya. MCPF Barat…
MCPF Seberang Perai Tengah DLC Chairman Ridzuan Md Zain led his Team to a Courtesy Visit of PDRM IPD SPT on 10th November 2023. In attendance were YBhg. Dato’ Seri K. Pulayantran, Deputy Chairman of MCPF Penang; YDH ACP Tan Cheng San, OCPD of SPT (also MCPF SPT DLC Advisor); YDH Supt. Mohd Nor bin…
