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Internet love scams, outrage of modesty cases a concern: MHA
Published
13 min ago
Adrian Lim
Transport Correspondent
SINGAPORE - While the overall crime rate fell last year (2017), the rise in the cases of outrage of modesty, especially on public transport and at public entertainment outlets, along with an increase in Internet love scams, have become a source of concern for the authorities.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said this on Thursday (Feb 1), while giving an overview of the Republic's safety and security situation for 2017.
The MHA's statement comes ahead of the Home Team departments releasing their annual statistics reports in the coming week.
The ministry said that crime "remained low" with the overall crime rate falling last year, compared to 2016.
The overall crime rate per 100,000 population was 588 cases in 2016, a drop from 611 in 2015.
In 2016, there were 248 cases of violent and serious property crimes, along with 14,127 cases of theft and related crimes.
The MHA said on Thursday that both categories registered a significant decrease in 2017.
Despite the improvements there, the MHA flagged out the rise in Internet love scams last year as an area of concern. In 2016, there were 636 cases of Internet love scams, a 65.2 per cent increase over 385 cases in 2015.
The MHA said that outrage of modesty cases also grew in 2017. This is in line with the trend for the first nine months of 2017, which saw 1,168 cases reported - an increase of 194 cases, or 19.9 per cent - compared with the same period in 2016.
Internet love scams, outrage of modesty cases a concern: MHA
Published
13 min ago
Adrian Lim
Transport Correspondent
SINGAPORE - While the overall crime rate fell last year (2017), the rise in the cases of outrage of modesty, especially on public transport and at public entertainment outlets, along with an increase in Internet love scams, have become a source of concern for the authorities.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said this on Thursday (Feb 1), while giving an overview of the Republic's safety and security situation for 2017.
The MHA's statement comes ahead of the Home Team departments releasing their annual statistics reports in the coming week.
The ministry said that crime "remained low" with the overall crime rate falling last year, compared to 2016.
The overall crime rate per 100,000 population was 588 cases in 2016, a drop from 611 in 2015.
In 2016, there were 248 cases of violent and serious property crimes, along with 14,127 cases of theft and related crimes.
The MHA said on Thursday that both categories registered a significant decrease in 2017.
Despite the improvements there, the MHA flagged out the rise in Internet love scams last year as an area of concern. In 2016, there were 636 cases of Internet love scams, a 65.2 per cent increase over 385 cases in 2015.
The MHA said that outrage of modesty cases also grew in 2017. This is in line with the trend for the first nine months of 2017, which saw 1,168 cases reported - an increase of 194 cases, or 19.9 per cent - compared with the same period in 2016.
