Pandemic and movement controls helped bring crime rate down in Sarawak, cops say

Sarawak CID chief SAC Lucas Aket (centre) with state police commissioner Comm Datuk Aidi Ismail (second right) and other senior officers at state police headquarters in Kuching. - Zulazhar Sheblee/The Star

KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic and movement restrictions contributed to a significant decline in Sarawak's crime rate over the last two years, say police.

State CID chief Senior Asst Comm Lucas Aket said the number of cases dropped by 27% to 4,298 last year compared to 5,874 in 2020 and 6,022 in 2019.