KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Police have opened 165,501 investigation papers into online scam cases since 2023, with tens of thousands of arrests made and millions of ringgit in assets seized, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The figures were reported by The Star in its coverage of a parliamentary written reply by Saifuddin to Chong Zhemin (PH-Kampar).

In the same reply, Saifuddin said the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) recorded cases involving love scams, e-commerce fraud and investment scams between 2023 and May 2026.

He said 60,955 cases had been resolved, while 24,681 had been brought to court.

Police also carried out 43,343 operations targeting scam call centres nationwide, leading to...