Malaysia on high alert following Jakarta bomb attacks

Malaysia’s police are beefing up security in public areas and taking extra measures to secure border areas in the aftermath of bomb attacks in neighboring Indonesia’s capital city on Thursday.

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement that Malaysia is now on “alert to the highest degree”, amid concerns that global terrorism may infiltrate the Southeast Asian country.

 

(Reporting by Joseph Sipalan; Editing by Praveen Menon)
 




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