KUANTAN: Over the past three years, online scams saw 302 retired civil servants in Pahang losing more than RM20mil, the state assembly heard.
State consumer affairs and human resources committee chairman Sim Chon Siang said in 2022, 85 retirees were cheated, incurring losses of over RM8.9mil.
In 2023, 102 retirees were duped with losses totalling RM3.7mil while 115 victims recorded losses amounting to RM8.9mil last year.
“From 2022 to 2024, 5,658 other individuals were also cheated through online scams with total losses reaching RM120mil,” he said during the assembly sitting yesterday, Bernama reported.
He was responding to a question from appointed assemblyman Datuk Wong Tat Chee, who asked how many people in Pahang had fallen victim to online scams in the past three years and the total losses involving retired civil servants.
Meanwhile, state agriculture, agro-based industries, biotechnology and education committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Soffi Abd Razak said the state government has implemented the Pahang Hybrid School pilot project in six schools under the Education Ministry’s Digital Education Policy.
He said each school was allo–cated five classrooms, bringing the total number of classrooms involved to 30.
The schools selected for the project are SM Abdul Rahman Talib and SM Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom in Kuantan, SM Seri Jengka (Maran), SM Padang Saujana (Jerantut), SM Sulaiman (Bentong) and SM Agama Kuala Lipis (Lipis).
