IGP: More Malays than Indians arrested under Ops Cantas


Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested over 15,000 Malays as compared to only 3,000 Indian suspects under Ops Cantas so far, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar

He was responding to questions from reporters over claims that the force was racial profiling criminals and only targeting a specific race in their crackdown operations.

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Crime , Ops Cantas , IGP , Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar

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