Malaysia: Guns entering country from Thailand
- Published: 10 Oct 2012 at 09.52
- Online news: Security
The Malaysian home minister is blaming smuggling along the Thai-Malaysian border for the rise in the number of illegal firearms seized in Malaysia.
According to the Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times, Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said smuggling across the border was one of the reasons behind the increase in the use of firearms in the country.
From January 2010 to August 2012, a total of 202 cases of robbery with firearms were reported, while there were 130 murders.
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