The Tourism Industry Act 1992 will be strengthened to enhance enforcement in efforts to combat travel package scams, including umrah packages, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
He was responding to a supplementary question from Muhammad Fawwaz Mohamad Jan , who wanted to know the government’s efforts in helping victims of travel package scams and the follow-up actions taken against companies involved in such fraud. Regarding the number of umrah and haj fraud cases from 2019 until May this year, he said that data from Royal Malaysia Police showed that 252 investigation papers were opened for umrah fraud cases involving losses amounting to RM9.81 million.