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DEATH IS CHEAPER IN MALAYSIA THAN WE THOUGHT!
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The front page article that started it all…
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YAHOO! NEWS SINGAPORE
Gobi stressed that there was no surge in the smuggling of firearms into the country, but said corruption in Malaysia’s Anti-Smuggling Unit guarding the border between Thailand and Malaysia has enabled the entry of some firearms.
“Definitely there’re corrupt officers there. Otherwise guns cannot be brought into the country,” Gobi asserted.
Guns for hire and bullets for cheap, says crime watchdog
The Malay Mail Online – 10 hours ago
PETALING JAYA, Aug 5 — Guns are rented out for less than a night’s stay at a local five-star hotel while bullets are sold cheaper than a bottle of water, crime watchdog MyWatch co-founder S. Gobi Krishnan alleged yesterday as the nation continues to be stunned by the proliferation of shootings.
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“It started as a favour of borrowing guns among friendly groups, then it became rental,” Gobi told The Malay Mail Online.
This rental “service” began last year, Gobi said, with guns hired out to assassins for as little as RM300 for three hours, with bullets costing just 80 sen each.
“It seems to be a new trend, copying what’s happening in other countries,” added the MyWatch adviser, referring to powerful drug cartels terrorising Mexico and South Africa.
He said that the trend of gun rentals started out small, but spiked this year as more people came to know about it.
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According to Gobi, the most commonly available gun for rent is the Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Popular with law enforcement agencies worldwide, the Glock is also issued to members of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Customs Department enforcers, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and authorised RELA personnel.
“In the past few years, if you want to shoot somebody, you have to spend RM5,000 to RM6,000 for a gun,” he said. “Now, it’s just available.”
“If you buy a gun, you have to be worried as the police might catch you. But here, you just rent, execute the job where you shoot somebody, and then return the gun,” added the anti-crime activist.
Guns for hire and bullets for cheap, says crime watchdog
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NO, IT WON’T COST RM5,000 TO HIRE A HITMAN. YOU CAN GET ONE FOR AS LOW AS RM1,000!
Malaysiakini
A day after an editor of a Singapore daily expressed regret over an article which said hitmen can be hired for about RM5,000 in Malaysia, a Malaysian newspaper has headlined that the price is actually even lower.
According to Malay daily Sinar Harian, assassins can be hired for as low as RM1,000, which ironically fits The New Paper’s controversial headline that ‘death is cheap’ in Malaysia.
In the interview published in question-and-answer format, Sinar asked criminologist Akhbar Satar (right) if ‘price is a factor for the rise of murders using firearms, whereby an assassin can be hired for as low as RM1 000′.
“Yes, but that’s not the only factor. Now, firearms can be hired at a low price, too. In fact, used firearms from overseas can be bought cheaply, that is at RM700 per piece and below,” he said.
Akhbar, who is also Transparency International-Malaysia president, said more people are learning to be assassins, using the Internet.
“Assassins can be categorised as amateur, semi-professionals and professionals. In this country, most are semi-professionals, whereby the murders still leave evidence which help police solve the crime,” he said.
Criminologist: Hitman hire as low as RM1,000
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The New Paper, in its July 31 publication, published an article with the title “Welcome to Malaysia where … Death is Cheap and Staying Alive Costly” which also stated it took only $2,000 (RM5,000) to hire a hitman.
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A SHOOTING A DAY KEEPS THE TOURISTS AWAY.
Heard the saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? My dentist friend had this saying, “Half an apple a day keeps the dentist away.”
The tourism Minister says, “A shooting a day keeps the tourists away.”
Malaysia Chronicle
Saturday, 03 August 2013 19:37
HOW SILLY! IGP Khalid slams S’pore paper as “malicious” but the LAST LAUGH is on him! Written by Malaysia Chronicle
Yet Tourism Minister Nazri has acknowledged the gravity of situation and warned that it could affect the tourism industry.
“The shootings just occurred and the repercussions may take a little time. I am concerned that if this situation is prolonged it may have a negative impact on our tourism industry,” Bernama reported Nazri as saying.
“If we ourselves are fearful, you cannot blame them. I feel it’s a fair report. It’s not something against us, as Singapore also sells tour packages to Johor such as Legoland and Hello Kitty. This is something that affects them as well.”
See also S’pore paper not unfair in thinking ‘DEATH IS CHEAP’ in M’sia – Nazri frets for tourism
They are all jumping on the bandwagon to criticize The New Paper!
Malaysian Insider
Singapore’s The New Paper editor regrets front page headline on security in Malaysia
The editor of the Singapore tabloid The New Paper (TNP), Dominic Nathan, has regretted that its front-page headline was deemed insulting.
According to the Borneo Post, The Straits Times reported that Nathan said that was not the intent of the article.
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Singapore’s Foreign Ministry also chided TNP and expressed displeasure with the headline.
The ministry’s director of public affairs, Teo Lay Cheng, had in a letter to the newspaper said the “sensational headline was unbecoming and irresponsible”.
“Singapore newspapers should report on our neighbours in a professional and objective manner. TNP failed to show judgment in how it presented the story,” wrote Teo.
TNP has since taken down the article from its website as well as its Facebook page. – August 4, 2013.
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In Malaysia
Murders rose to 322 in the six-month period compared with 291 last year.
Overall, however, crime has fallen to 74,127 cases, from 76,247 last year.
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The New Paper headline misleading: Malaysia foreign minister
By Sia Ling Xin | Yahoo! Newsroom – 12 hours ago
TNP editor Dominic Nathan said it was regrettable that the front-page headline was deemed insulting, according to a Straits Times report.
“It was not our intent. We wanted to draw our readers’ attention to the threat of gun violence in Malaysia,” he said, adding that what was reported was also “covered extensively in the Malaysian media”.
Public concern has mounted in Malaysia after a spate of killings and other crimes.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/the-new-paper-headline-misleading–malaysia-foreign-minister-042843613.html
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In Malaysia:…Death: $, Life: $$$
KILLED: Banker Hussain Ahmad Najadi was shot dead on Monday afternoon.
Death is cheap in Malaysia, it seems.
All it takes to hire a hitman across the Causeway is RM$5,000, or about S$2,000.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/malaysiadeath-life
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THIS IS THE ARTICLE
The New Paper
$2,000 to hire a killer, $3,200 to hire security
TNP PHOTO: Sin Chew Daily
It costs RM5,000 or about $2,000 to hire a contract killer in Malaysia.
Speaking to The New Paper yesterday, a Kuala Lumpur-based private investigator, who only wants to be be known as Mr Jay, said that it does not cost much to hire an assassin across the Causeway.
The 45-year-old founder of Jay Private Investigation and Veritas Security Force added: “That’s why almost anybody can afford to hire a hitman. Not only the rich can hire contract killers now.”
On Monday, a gunman shot dead Arab Malaysian Banking Group founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi, 75, in Kuala Lumpur.
And two days earlier, a gunman shot Malaysian Crime Watch Taskforce chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan, 29. He was critically injured.
However, Mr Jay assured Singaporeans that they have nothing to fear.
He said: “These recent cases are not random shootings. People have paid hitmen to kill these people. Come to Malaysia. There is nothing to fear.”
http://www.tnp.sg/content/2000-hire-killer-3200-hire-security
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“Mind your own business,” IGP tells the Singapore paper but by all accounts, Singapore is far ahead of Malaysia in keeping shooting violence under control while the IGP hasn’t made much of an impression…
What happens in our backyard affects Singapore, so to tell them to mind their own business when our business (CRIME!) spills over into their backyard is…sorry, I won’t say the word but you will have got the gist of what I want to say by now.
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Malaysia Chronicle
Saturday, 03 August 2013 19:28
S’pore paper not unfair in thinking ‘DEATH IS CHEAP’ in M’sia – Nazri frets for tourism
KUALA KANGSAR : Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz today voiced concerns over the possibility of a reduction in foreign tourists in the next few months if media reports on the recent spate of fatal shootings in the country continue to spread.
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Touching on a report titled “Welcome to Malaysia where…Death is Cheap and Staying Alive Costly” in Singapore’s The New Paper, he said the newspaper could not be blamed for their opinion.
“If we ourselves are fearful, you cannot blame them. I feel it’s a fair report. It’s not something against us, as Singapore also sells tour packages to Johor such as Legoland and Hello Kitty. This is something that affects them as well,” he said.
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Malaysian Insider
Suck up Singapore’s slam on safety, says Kadir Jasin
Datuk Kadir Jasin, who used to head the New Straits Times, questioned what was so wrong about a Singapore newspaper writing negative things about Malaysia.
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Kadir defended the article in The New Paper saying that being a Singaporean newspaper, it had a responsibility to Singaporeans.
“Since many Singaporeans live in Malaysia or visit the country, it is the paper’s responsibility to warn its readers of the risk that they may face while in Malaysia,” he said.
In July last year, the family of former Singaporean television journalist Rita Zahara was kidnapped by a man with a pistol when they stopped along Jalan Susur Larkin in Johor.
Rita had stopped to buy fruits at a stall, leaving her sister, two children and a maid in the car. A man jumped into the car and drove off with them inside.
The suspect finally released the hostages after several hours of negotiations and RM200,000 in cash and valuables.
In February 2011, a Singaporean businessman paid RM21 million after his family had been kidnapped while shopping in Johor.
The kidnappers sent a picture of the businessman’s wife, daughter and maid being held at gunpoint before demanding a S$50 million ransom.
The businessman, involved in real estate and gaming, negotiated and paid a S$9 million ransom instead. His family was released unharmed.
“Let us be honest, is it not a fact that Malaysia is becoming more and more dangerous? We shouldn’t just blame the Singaporean media as our papers are replete with stories of murder and mayhem.
“Crime stories are a staple of our newspapers and regularly make the front page,” Kadir said.
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Kadir said it was all right for Najib, his Cabinet and even MPs….they detached from reality as they don’t need to shop in Chow Kit road, ride crowded commuters and buses during rush hour or face traffic jams.
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The Sun Daily
The New Paper report on crime in Malaysia is malicious: IGP
Last updated on 3 August 2013 – 06:52pm
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3, 2013): Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar regarded a statement published on the front page of The New Paper of Singapore on crime in Malaysia recently as malicious.
He said the newspaper should monitor the crime situation in its own country than to make speculations which were not true on crime in Malaysia.
“It is a malicious statement. It is better they look after their own backyard than try to be a busy body,” he told reporters at a Ramadan programme here today.
– Bernama
The New Paper report on crime in Malaysia is malicious: IGP
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Malaysian Insider
Look after your own backyard, IGP tells Singapore’s The New Paper
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar brands Singapore’s The New Paper headline on crime in Malaysia malicious.
He said the Singaporean newspaper should monitor the crime situation in its own country, adding that it should no speculate on crimes in Malaysia.
“It is a malicious statement. It is better they look after their own backyard than try to be a busybody,” he told reporters at a Ramadan programme in Kuala Lumpur today.
Bernama, August 3, 2013.
Look after your own backyard, IGP tells Singapore’s The New Paper
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2 August 2013| last updated at 11:09PM
Msia regrets Singapore’s New Paper for misleading headline
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has condemned The New Paper of Singapore for publishing a misleading and sensational headline alleging that assasination is cheap in Malaysia.
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Star
Friday August 2, 2013 MYT 11:31:56 AM
Only RM5,000 to hire a gunman
A GUNMAN can be hired in Johor Baru for just RM5,000, according to a Malaysian private investigator.
The 45-year-old PI said the price was so affordable that even teachers were not spared from being the targets of assassination now, compared to previously when gunmen were only hired to take down those from the upper-class or reputable folk.
A Singaporean newspaper report, which was picked up by Sin Chew Daily, quoted him as saying that most of the victims were either involved in business rivalry, heavily in debt or targets of revenge. He said a managing director of a company, who was shot twice in Singapore but survived, had since engaged two security guards to look after his safety. He pays them a total of S$3,200 (RM8,000) a month.
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