Pickpocketing handphones
KUALA LUMPUR: Stolen handphones will be rendered unusable within three hours of the owners reporting the devices missing. And even changing the SIM cards will not reactivate them.
The system, to be introduced before the end of the year, is part of a government crime-prevention initiative to reduce phone thefts.
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