Twenty-Three Cars Stolen Every Day
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) — An average of 23 cars, 141 motorcycles and 13 lorries and vans were stolen every day last year, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar said Monday.
He said 65,076 cases of vehicle theft were reported last year which amounted to a total loss of RM753.2 million.
“The police were able to solve 18,294 of the cases and recovered in terms of value RM192.88 million, which is a success rate of 28.11 per cent,” he said during his keynote address when opening the first National Seminar on Vehicle Theft to discuss effective strategies against vehicle theft, here.
He said the losses incurred by the vehicle owners and insurance companies were enormous and would adversely affect the economy.
Bakri said vehicle theft attempts by individuals or syndicates should be addressed by re-examining existing laws and regulations so that offenders would face stiffer penalties.
In addition to sharing skills and knowledge, enforcement officers also needed to be trained in handling such cases, he said.
He said the police had already set up a task force within the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to tackle vehicle theft and related offences, including the hijacking of lorries and trucks carrying industrial goods.
The role of the task force, headed by Bukit Aman CID Director Datuk Mohd Fauzi Saari, was to formulate strategies and draw up the most suitable investigation practices by emphasising on intelligence procurement and forensic investigation.
Speakers from the police, Customs and Excise Department, Road Transport Department and the private sector are presenting their working papers at the two-day seminar jointly organised by the Royal Malaysia Police and the General Insurance Association of Malaysia.
— BERNAMA
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