Ok, I accept that this says the crime rate is relatively high by the journalist's standards, but it makes no comparisons with countries like the UK or the USA. If you read the headlines in some UK papers you might also think you would need a submachine gun on the streets of London. Maybe you do...:-)
All the crimes mentioned except kidnapping are found in the UK.
I am not saying crime is particularly low, just that it isn't the "Malaysia is one of the top kidnapping/extortion capitals of the world".
Got any figures that put things in context? And what how is a gun-on-the-street relevant in extortion cases (unless you're a bank owner, e.g.)?
DAS
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