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.

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