Crime down by 70% during MCO, says Ismail Sabri


Alfian Z.M. Tahir

Police guarding a blocked-off road leading into Batu 21 in Sg Lui, Hulu Langat, last month. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, April 7, 2020.

THE crime rate nationwide has dropped by 70% since the movement control order was imposed on March 18, said Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today.

Ismail Sabri said police informed him that the crime rate had decreased for the past three weeks.


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