KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — Commercial crime has shown an increasing trend, with 30,992 cases and losses amounting to RM1.6 billion recorded in the first nine months of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — A young man suffered RM283,000 in losses after being tricked by an online fraud syndicate posing as the police on September 30.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The police detained seven individuals suspected of being involved in an online shopping scam during a raid on two residential units at Persiaran KLCC yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The police arrested nine individuals involved in fraudulent online cryptocurrency investments after raiding two condominium units in Salak Selatan last night.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Sessions Court went to a private hospital in Klang today over a rice supply case.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — A public university student arrested after crashing into a roadblock in Ampang yesterday was found to possess 19 suspected fake passports.

BENTONG, Oct 11 — The Magistrate's Court here today fined 15 men RM10,000 each, in default three months in jail, for their involvement in a non-existent investment scam that targeted victims from Singapore.

KANGAR, Oct 11 — A former soldier was charged in the Magistrate's Court today with the murder of his wife in September.

KEPALA BATAS, Oct 10 — The man who was arrested in connection with the discovery of a package containing an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mak Mandin on Sunday (October 8) is believed to have detonated the explosive device in front of his neighbour's house out of anger.

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 9 — Police officers and personnel involved in misconduct and issues related to integrity, like corruption and drugs, will be suspended from work even if not yet charged in court.

KOTA BHARU, Oct 8 — Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) Kelantan branch has seized 829 units of fake branded handbags, with an estimated value of RM33,314.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Oct 8 — The Terengganu Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a policeman who was believed to have solicited and accepted a bribe of RM2,000 from two men in a drug-related case.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The police arrested eight more people over the past two days over a fight, believed to be between rival factions of tow truck drivers, at Kampung Malaysia Tambahan in Cheras recently.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — An online gambling and scam syndicate has been busted with the arrest of seven males, including a 14-year-old boy, at two condominium units in Salat Selatan.

JOHOR BAHRU Oct 6 — Police received three reports of investment fraud and phone scams involving losses totalling over RM1.41 million on Wednesday (October 4) and yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 6 — The Court of Appeal today affirmed the 20 years’ jail sentence on an unemployed man for causing the death of his three-year-old niece, who had 56 stab wounds on her body.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 6 — The Court of Appeal has upheld the 20-year jail term imposed on a Bangladeshi man for culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of his wife whose body was chopped into six parts and stuffed into two luggage five years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — A Myanmar labourer was charged in the Magistrate’s Court today for the murder of a senior citizen fruit seller in Taman OUG last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Police detained 12 more suspects yesterday, believed to have been involved in a gang fight using weapons, at Kampung Malaysia Tambahan, Cheras on Monday (October 2), which was triggered by an argument involving tow truck drivers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to cheating a man of RM2.45 million in a non-existent cryptocurrency investment last year.