Crime rate dips over CNY


Watchful eye: A police patrol unit vehicle making its rounds in a housing area during the festive season. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Chinese New Year break is getting safer, it seems.

For a third straight year, crime during the period declined, thanks to intensified crime prevention measures by the police and community-based policing.

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