Johor sees 78% drop in commercial crime losses but 21% increase in cases, says police chief


Johor Baru: Police have recorded a drop in losses suffered due to commercial crime cases from RM120mil from January to Feb 26 last year to RM26.4mil in the same period this year.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat (pic) said that despite this, the number of reported cases this year had shown an increase to 707, compared to 580 last year within the same period.

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