Bukit Aman rejects claims of inaction on scams, says tighter laws in the pipeline

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has flatly rejected claims that the country has become a scammers' hub owing to inaction by the authorities, saying it is even pushing for laws to make property owners bear greater liability.

Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the department detained 2,163 suspects last year in 297 scam-related raids.

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