PETALING JAYA: A total of 2,097 police officers and personnel were arrested for drug-related offences, robbery and corruption between 2021 and August this year.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said 1,551 of them were arrested for offences under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, while 64 were arrested for robbery and 482 were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
In a written parliamentary reply to Lim Lip Eng (Kepong-PH), he said drug-related offences accounted for the highest number of arrests, with 357 recorded in 2021, 248 in 2022, 245 in 2023, 310 in 2024, 256 in 2025 and 135 between January and August this year.
“For robbery, 10 police officers and personnel were arrested in 2021, 10 in 2022, 11 in 2023, 13 in 2024, 10 in 2025 and another 10 between January and August this year.
“Meanwhile, the MACC arrested 77 police personnel in 2021, 86 in 2022, 129 in 2023, 53 in 2024, 87 in 2025 and 50 between January and August this year,” he said.
Saifuddin was responding to Lim, who had asked for the number of police personnel arrested for drug-related offences, robbery and corruption since 2021, as well as the status of investigations into 12 police personnel suspected of robbing a group of Chinese nationals of cryptocurrency worth about RM200,000 at Country Heights, Kajang, in February this year.
He said police had opened an investigation paper into the case, with investigations ongoing under Section 395 of the Penal Code.
