"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> we are flying to KL in December. My Malaysian wife who routinely reads
> the news in chinapress.com.my keeps telling me that the security
> situation in KL has worsened substantially over the last few years.
>
> When I'm in KL I'm used to go to the Citibank branch in Jalan Ampang
> even late at night and get larger amounts of cash from the ATM. Now my
> wife insists that I stop doing that, because she read stories that
> people will wait near the ATM, then follow people who took larger
> amounts of cash to steal it from them.
That's probably a good advice for any parts of the world.
>She also told me that if you stop
> with your car at the red traffic light, it can happen that somebody will
> open the car door, threaten you with a knife and steal your money. And
> so on.
>
Again, happens at big cities all over the world, just that it's sensational
when it happens. In reality not that frequent.
> All this makes me wonder if the security situation in KL has really
> deteriorated so much...?
> --
>
> Alfred Molon
>
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