KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Selangor recorded the highest number of index crime cases involving Rohingya refugees, with 58 cases reported between 2022 and August 2026, according to the Home Ministry (KDN).
In a written parliamentary reply published on Parliament's website, the ministry said Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) statistics showed that 199 index crime cases involving Rohingya refugees were recorded nationwide during the period.
Of the total, 52 cases were recorded in 2022, followed by 43 in 2023, 37 in 2024, 29 in 2025 and 38 between January and August 2026.
Kedah recorded the second-highest number of cases at 26, followed by Johor (24), Kuala Lumpur (22), Penang, Pahang and Kelantan (13 each), Perak and Terengganu (12 each), Melaka (four) and Negeri Sembilan (two).
KDN said National Security Council (MKN) Directive No 23 provides the framework for managing refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, outlining guidelines and the respective roles of ministries and enforcement agencies in safeguarding national security.
"The government is also strengthening control and monitoring of refugee communities, including the Rohingya, through the Refugee Registration Document (DPP) Programme, which began on January 1, 2026.
"The programme aims to strengthen the centralised management of refugee data and reduce reliance on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)," the ministry said.
KDN said 4,010 detainees held at immigration depots across Peninsular Malaysia had been registered under the first phase of the programme, comprising 4,008 Myanmar nationals and one each from Sudan and Syria.
"Adults will be relocated in stages to the Special Isolation Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Bidor, Perak, which has a capacity of 400 people," the ministry added.
The reply was in response to a question from Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan (BN-Kuala Pilah) on the number of criminal cases involving Rohingya refugees in each state and measures taken by the government to strengthen the community's registration and monitoring to safeguard public safety and order.
Responding to a separate question from Datuk Rosol Wahid (PN-Hulu Terengganu) on the number of UNHCR card fraud cases recorded in Malaysia and action taken against those responsible, KDN said 159,232 undocumented migrants were arrested during 53,318 enforcement operations conducted by the Immigration Department of Malaysia (JIM) nationwide between January 2025 and August 2026.
The ministry said the operations also involved screening 659,191 individuals, while action was taken against 6,099 employers found to have hired or harboured undocumented migrants without valid authorisation.
On UNHCR card forgery, KDN said PDRM's Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) had recorded only one such case to date.
"The case, which occurred in Kuala Lumpur, involved six Myanmar nationals, all of whom have since been charged in court," the ministry said.
