PETALING JAYA: Revising current laws and introducing a better monitoring system on tenants is a must to curb electricity thefts especially those caused by illegal crypto mining, experts say. There should be a rental database on tenants, said criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia. “If a tenant frequently has high utility bills,…
As Malaysia continues towards institutional reform and national integrity, it must close the gap between the noise of arrests and the silence of resolution. In recent years, Malaysians have witnessed an encouraging uptick in enforcement action against white-collar crimes, crimes that for too long operated above the reach of law. The police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption…
GEORGE TOWN: A leading criminologist has called for police to introduce a formal standard operating procedure (SOP) that mandates regular updates to complainants and victims of crime. He said there is currently no clear-cut, publicly established SOP. Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy from Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Centre for Policy Research said, doing so, would position the…
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A government retiree claimed to have lost RM229,800 after being tricked by a woman into participating in an investment scheme that did not exist. Seberang Perai Tengah police chief ACP Helmi Aris said the 62-year-old victim claimed that he was lured into investing in the scheme by an Indonesian woman known as Zizah…
MALAYSIAN cybersecurity authorities are warning of a surge in scam advertisements flooding search engines and social media platforms: fake job offers, instant loan schemes and counterfeit luxury goods. To tell the size of the surge in scam adverts, one just has to see what search engines like Google blocked or removed last year, 14.2 billion…
KUALA LUMPUR: Kumpulan kongsi gelap di Malaysia kini tidak lagi beroperasi secara tradisional, sebaliknya berevolusi menjadi rangkaian jenayah moden yang lebih licik, tersusun dan gunakan teknologi, sekali gus menyukarkan usaha penguatkuasaan. Pakar kriminologi Pusat Penyelidikan Dasar (CPR) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Datuk Dr P Sundramoorthy, berkata perubahan itu menyaksikan kumpulan kongsi gelap tidak lagi menonjolkan kehadiran secara terbuka, sebaliknya…
GEORGE TOWN: A leading criminologist has expressed concern that the handling of a recent case involving a police station chief — caught using drugs while partying at an entertainment venue in Ampang Jaya last week — sends a mixed message to the public. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that the officer, who was…
PETALING JAYA: A 16-year-old was arrested for allegedly producing deepfake explicit images of his schoolmates and selling them online. The teenager could be charged under Section 292 of the Penal Code for the sale, distribution or circulation of obscene materials and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) for sharing offensive and inappropriate…
