Kuala Lampur, Jan. 20 -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 - Transport Minister Anthony Loke said cable theft is a top priority, but there is no need to bring the matter to Parliament as enforcement will be carried out by the police under existing laws.

"We'vehad our meetings with the Home Ministry and police and we discussed the matter with Bukit Aman. For hot spots in selected states, the police will take sterner action and it need not go to Parliament.

"We have existing laws and the police are proactive in tackling this. This doesn't involve Parliament as existing laws will be enforced by them and we have additional mitigation efforts," Loke told reporters at KL Sentral.

Previously, it was reported that cable theft along railway lines caused 1,3...