PETALING JAYA: The editor of the banned book “Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance, And Hope in New Malaysia”, Kean Wong, has been released following the end of his remand period.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Cases involving child pornography were reported to have increased during the movement control order.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed, who will retire on Thursday (May 20), said a total of 45 cases were reported during the MCO period (from March 18,2020 to April 29,2021), an increase of 27 cases compared to 18 cases before the implementation of the MCO (from Feb 18,2019 to March 17,2020).
He said it also involved child grooming without physical contact namely using words or showing obscene sexual acts either in audio and visual form to children which increased by 24 cases compared to 53 cases before the MCO.
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the first movement control order was implemented in March 2020, indexed crime cases have dropped by at least 32%, says Bukit Aman.
Federal CID director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said from March 18,2020 to 15 April 2021, (394 days) 39,726 cases were recorded. Meanwhile, if we look at the 394 days before the MCO was implemented (Feb 18,2019 to March 17,2020), 54,920 cases were recorded. This shows a decrease of 18,644 casesm or a 32.2% drop in cases, he said during an interview on Bernama TV on Monday (May 3).
He attributed the drop to the increase in uniformed personnel such as police, Malaysian Armed Forces and Rela out on standard operating procedure compliance patrols.
‘Questioning Anwar is normal procedure after 18 reports lodged over recording’
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Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Huzir Mohamed said summoning opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for questioning over a purported recording of a conversation is part of normal procedure.
He said there are already 18 police reports lodged calling for an investigation over the recording – 17 by politicians and one by a member of the public.
The complaints urge the police to.
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