SINGAPORE: Love cheats on the Internet fooled their victims into parting with $24mil (RM75mil) last year, although the overall crime rate went down by 2.6 per cent.
In 2016, crimes in seven categories, such as violent or serious property crimes, housebreaking and related crimes, and theft and related crimes, registered a 30-year low, said the police at an annual crime briefing on Friday.
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