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Deputy director (Intelligence/Operations) of Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department, Datuk Dev Kumar said the number of reported vehicle theft cases nationwide had shown a decline each year. Picture by Choo Choy May
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 A vehicle is stolen every one hour 15 minutes in Malaysia, according to Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia Berhad (VTREC) coordinator, Mas Tina Abdul Hamid.
She said a study conducted by VTREC last year found that 20 vehicles were stolen each day in 2020.
“However, the number has dropped following close cooperation between VTREC, the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and other agencies,” she told reporters after the launching of the PDRM-VTREC Vehicle Theft Awareness Campaign, here, today.
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7 April 2021 12:42 pm / 5 comments
The lack of movement that came with the control orders last year may have had something to do with it, but whatever it was, fewer vehicles were reported stolen last year compared to 2019,
According to the Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC), an average of 20 vehicles were reported stolen on a daily basis in 2020, down from an average of 32 vehicles the year before, which represented a 37% reduction in cases.
The council’s coordinator, Mas Tina Abdul Hamid, said 7,400 cases were reported last year compared to 11,675 cases in 2019. “According to statistics from Insurance Services Malaysia, 3,993 motorcycles, 2,981 private cars and 426 commercial vehicles were stolen last year,” she said during the soft launch of this year’s Vehicle Theft Public Awareness Campaign yesterday.