The 2025 budget presented today also revealed that more than 380 million ringgit in suspicious transactions were successfully blocked in curbing scam crimes in Malaysia. But despite that, there are still many victims of online fraud.
Furthermore, the role of the National Scam Response Center (NSRC) continues to be strengthened with an allocation of RM20 million. In addition, a National Fraud Portal has also been launched as an effort to combat online fraud. Then facilitate the detection of suspicious transactions automatically.
The Online Safety Bill will be enacted to ensure that service providers are also responsible in improving the level of safety, especially involving children. Likewise with the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) which was given an additional 100 positions through an additional allocation of 10 million ringgit.