KUALA LUMPUR - A total of 2,097 Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) officers and personnel were arrested for drug-related offences, robbery and corruption from 2021 to August 2026, according to the Home Ministry.
The ministry said the figure comprised 1,551 arrests for drug-related offences, 64 for robbery and 482 by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
All the arrests for drug-related offences were made under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, with 357 people arrested in 2021, followed by 248 in 2022, 245 in 2023, 310 in 2024, 256 in 2025 and 135 from January to August this year.
"For robbery, 10 people were arrested in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2025, as well as in the first eight months of this year, while 11 individuals were arrested in 2023 and 13 in 2024.
"Arrests of PDRM personnel by the MACC involved 77 people in 2021, 86 in 2022, 129 in 2023, 53 in 2024, 87 in 2025 and 50 from January to August this year,” the ministry said in a written reply published on the Parliament portal.
The ministry was responding to a question from Lim Lip Eng (PH-Kepong) on 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 about RM200,000 in cryptocurrency at Country Heights, Kajang, on Feb 5.
On the status of the investigation involving the 12 police personnel, the ministry said PDRM had opened an investigation paper and that investigations were ongoing under Section 395 of the Penal Code. - BERNAMA