(Video) Cable crooks: stealing more than metal


PETALING JAYA: The government is coming down hard on cable thieves, drafting major legal amendments with harsher penalties.

Why? Well, cable thieves aren’t just stealing cables; they are also stealing the time of train passengers whose journeys are delayed.

Watch our journalist Benjamin Lee explain the issue.

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