Kelantan: Kelantan Police have so far not detected any involvement by the Rohingya community in serious criminal activities in the state.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, State police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat stated that police records indicate over 5,000 members of the Rohingya community in Kelantan hold United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards, while approximately 8,000 others are either undocumented or in detention.

"We are monitoring their activities. So far, we have not detected any involvement of the community in serious crimes. About 500 criminal cases involving the community have been recorded, but most of them are related to disputes among themselves. The most serious case recorded was rape, which was reported to have occurred within the community itself," he told reporters.

Commenting on reports about the appointment of Rohingya community leaders in the state, Mohd Yusoff clarified that these appointments are not recognized by any authority in the country. "That was just an internal arrangement within their own minority community. They are foreign refugees and are not recognized by the authorities, including the Registrar of Societies," he added.

Meanwhile, Mohd Yusoff mentioned that police would work in collaboration with local authorities to conduct operations and monitoring to prevent the misuse of business licences by foreigners.