Kuala Lumpur, 30th December 2023 - Arrests of immigrants involved in crimes accounted for almost 11 per cent of the national crime index this year.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said this was significantly higher than last year and in 2021.
He
said 2,020 immigrants were arrested in 2021, and 1,957 the following year.
“However, based on the national crime index data from January to November this year, 2,366 immigrants (10.95 per cent of the index) were arrested for a variety of crimes, marking a 20.9 per cent increase from 2022,” he told the New Straits Times.
