Home Ministry reveals 2,097 police arrests since 2021, silent on Kajang crypto-robbery cops

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — More than 2,000 Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) personnel have been arrested since 2021 for narcotics offences, corruption, and armed robbery, with drug-related arrests accounting for nearly three-quarters of all detentions, according to Home Ministry data presented in Parliament.

In a written reply yesterday to Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng, the ministry disclosed that 2,097 police officers and rank-and-file members were taken into custody between 2021 and August 2026.

Narcotics formed the bulk of internal criminality, with 1,551 personnel held under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Another 482 were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), while 64 were detained for robbery.

Drug arrests spiked to 357 in 2021 before settling into a persistent plateau, recording 248 cases in 2022, 245 in 2023, 310 in 2024, and 256 in 2025, with an additional 135 arrests logged during the first eight months of 2026.

Robbery arrests remained steady at roughly 10 to 13 cases each year, matching the 10 arrests recorded between January and August this year. Meanwhile, graft apprehensions fluctuated widely, dropping to a low of 53 in 2024 after climbing to 129 in 2023, with 50 personnel arrested by anti-graft investigators so far this year.

Lim had also demanded an update on a high-profile robbery in Kajang involving 12 police officers accused of robbing Chinese nationals of roughly RM200,000 in cryptocurrency over eight months ago.

The ministry confirmed that federal investigators opened an inquiry under Section 395 of the Penal Code for gang robbery, but withheld details on the officers’ current operational or disciplinary status.

The case dates back to Feb 5, when a rogue police team staged a late-night raid on a rented bungalow in Country Heights, Kajang, under the pretext of busting an illegal online scam operation.

A 31-year-old Chinese national subsequently lodged a police report alleging that he and seven friends were coerced into transferring digital assets to buy their release after officers found no illicit material on their mobile devices or passports.

The arrested officers ranged from an assistant superintendent and an inspector down to sergeants and constables, with four hailing from Bukit Aman’s federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department. Although remanded to assist in tracing blockchain wallet transactions, the officers were subsequently released on police bail.

The ministry’s parliamentary reply also provided no information on outcomes, omitting figures on how many of the 2,097 arrested personnel faced formal criminal prosecution, secured convictions, or were dismissed from the police force.

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吉隆坡，10 月 28 日——根据内政部在国会公布的数据，自 2021 年以来，已有超过 2000 名马来西亚皇家警察 (PDRM) 人员因毒品犯罪、贪污和武装抢劫而被捕，其中与毒品相关的逮捕事件占所有拘留事件的近四分之三。

昨天，该部门在给甲洞国会议员林立英的书面答复中透露，2021 年至 2026 年 8 月期间，共有 2097 名警官和普通警员被拘留。

毒品犯罪占内部犯罪的大部分，根据 1952 年危险药物法令，有 1551 名人员被拘留。另有 482 人被马来西亚反贪污委员会 (MACC) 逮捕，还有 64 人因抢劫罪被拘留。

2021 年毒品逮捕人数激增至 357 人，之后持续保持稳定，2022 年记录了 248 起案件，2023 年 245 起，2024 年 310 起，2025 年 256 起，2026 年前八个月又记录了 135 起逮捕案件。

抢劫案逮捕人数保持稳定，每年约为10至13起，与今年1月至8月记录的10起逮捕案件相符。与此同时，贪污案逮捕人数波动较大，2023年攀升至129人，预计2024年将降至53人的低点，而今年迄今为止，反贪调查人员已逮捕了50人。

林冠英还要求汇报八个多月前发生在加影的一起备受瞩目的抢劫案的最新进展，该案涉及 12 名警察，他们被指控抢劫了中国公民约 20 万令吉的加密货币。

该部证实，联邦调查人员已根据《刑法》第 395 条对团伙抢劫案展开调查，但并未透露涉案警员目前的执勤或纪律状况。

该案可追溯至 2 月 5 日，当时一支不法警察队伍以捣毁非法网络诈骗团伙为借口，深夜突袭了加影乡村高地的一栋租来的平房。

一名 31 岁的中国公民随后向警方报案称，他和七位朋友在警方未在其手机或护照上发现任何非法物品后，被迫转移数字资产以换取获释。

被捕警员级别从助理警司、督察到警长和警员不等，其中四人来自武吉阿曼警察总部的联邦商业罪案调查部。尽管他们被拘留以协助追踪区块链钱包交易，但随后获准保释。

该部在议会答复中也没有提供任何有关结果的信息，遗漏了有关 2097 名被捕人员中有多少人面临正式刑事诉讼、被定罪或被警队开除的数字。

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