Number of Singaporean Victims of Crimes in Johor

Mr Ang Wei Neng asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (a) for the past five years, how many Singaporeans were victims of crimes (such as robbery, pickpocketing, molest and cheating) in Johor; and (b) how does the Singapore Police Force cooperate with its counterpart to protect Singaporeans in Johor.

Mr Teo Chee Hean: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) does not collate statistics relating to Singaporean crime victims in Johor, as any such crimes would have occurred beyond Singapore's jurisdiction and are not necessarily reported to the Singaporean authorities.

The SPF and the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) have a good working relationship, and have been collaborating to fight crime in both jurisdictions. Recently, the Jurong Police Division of the SPF and the Johor Police Contingent of RMP, with support from the National Crime Prevention Council (Singapore) and the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation, collaborated to go upstream in the fight against crime by focusing on crime prevention. To this end, the two police forces jointly produced a series of crime prevention pamphlets targeted at travellers between the two countries through the land checkpoints. These crime prevention pamphlets encourage travellers to guard against offences, such as theft, cheating scams, violent crimes and outrage of modesty. They also contain information which may be useful in the case of an emergency, including the contact details of both police forces in Singapore and Johor.

We urge all Singaporeans travelling overseas not to let their guard down, and remain vigilant when they are in other countries.