MCW 2008 News Roundup

With the year of 2008 that is behind us, MCW has reported almost a thousand stories related to crime in Malaysia. Here are some top ten lists that you may be interested to know and read about.
Stories

Malaysia Crime Rate Up 15 Per Cent in 2006
Four 16-year-olds Rape 14-year-old
Naked Body of Girl in Bag: Died of [...]

National Crime Index to Oct 08 Up 1.75 Per Cent

1 December 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin has blamed the global economic crisis as of one of reasons for the recent increase in the national crime index.
So far this year Malaysia has seen the number of armed robbery cases rising by 14,143 cases, compared to 17,834 cases last year. Bakri said [...]

National Crime Index Increased, Cases Solved Up

18 November 2008
Petaling Jaya
Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung has stated that since 2005, the national crime index has been increasing with a corresponding increase in the number of cases solved.
In 2005, 157,365 cases were reported with 48.43 percent solved. There were 197,780 cases reported and a 32.53 percent solving rate in 2006, [...]

KL Crime Rate Down 7 Per Cent

6 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur
City CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner (II) Ku Chin Wah said that the Kuala Lumpur crime rate dropped by 7.1% last year compared to 2006. The number of cases reported last year was 29,473 while there were 31,740 cases in 2006.
The solving rate for violent crimes and property crimes improved to 54.7% [...]

Kuala Lumpur 2007 Crime Rate Dropped

25 January 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Outgoing city police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Zul Hasnan Najib Baharudin said that the crime rate in Kuala Lumpur has decreased by 6.7% in 2007 compared to the previous year. This represents a drop of 2,245 cases.
The crime-solving rate was 35%, which is significantly higher than the standard 20% set by Interpol.
He [...]

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