Selangor loses millions to cable thieves


Newly acquired machinery, including excavators, backhoe loaders, skylift lorries and tipper trucks, are handed over to JKR Selangor to strengthen road maintenance works. — KK SHAM/The Star

Cable thieves targeting streetlight infrastructure have cost Selangor millions of ringgit last year.

State infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Izham Hashim described the surge in thefts as serious, noting the state was now compiling data from multiple agencies to determine the full scale of the problem.

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