DAP national chairperson Lim Guan Eng has called on Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain to personally lead a special task force against scammers.
The former finance minister also wanted banks, which are negligent or indifferent to fraudulent schemes, should share the responsibility for losses suffered by scam victims.
His comments come in the wake of news reports that national mixed doubles shuttler Lai Pei Jing was almost left penniless due to a scam.
“Malaysians have reacted with great sorrow and sympathy for Lai, who became a victim of a major scam that left her nearly penniless.
“Lai lost most of her savings to a fraud and is clearly distressed emotionally after decades of hard work disappearing due to heartless scammers taking advantage of her kindness,” he added.
Lim noted that police efforts in the past have been ineffective against scammers since losses have increased from RM700 million in 2021 to RM1.3 billion from 30,000 cases of online fraud last year.
“Action must be taken to stop scammers and losses from escalating from 2023’s record to a higher level.
“Only the personal and direct involvement of the IGP can prevent more innocent Malaysians from falling victim to these heartless scammer criminals,” he added in a statement this evening.
Meanwhile, Lim said there should be a “shared responsibility framework” that would allocate responsibility for scam losses among financial institutions, telecommunications operators, and consumers.
“Under the plan, financial institutions and telcos would provide payouts to scam victims for a defined set of scams, in cases where specified anti-scam duties are breached,” he added.
Lim said he has raised this proposal with Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M Kulasegaran, who indicated that the necessary amendments might be tabled in the coming June-July Parliamentary session. - Mkini
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