Terrorists may be planning attacks: Aussie Govt
Published on: Thursday, February 23, 2017
Kuala Lumpur: Terrorists may be planning attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur, the Australian government said in a post on its website, Wednesday.The government said attacks may target Western interests or locations frequented by Westerners. The UK also warned citizens in the past week against travel to coastal islands in the east Malaysian state of Sabah, near the Philippines, citing high threats to foreigners of kidnapping and criminality.
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Australia advises its citizens to exercise normal safety precautions across Malaysia. It urged them to avoid all travel to the coastal resorts of eastern Sabah, including islands, dive sites and associated tourist facilities due to the high threat of kidnapping. New Zealand classifies travel to the area as "high risk."A Malaysian foreign ministry spokeswoman referred to a comment made earlier, saying that it will keep other foreign missions informed on security developments."We also acknowledged the fact that foreign missions are at liberty to provide their own assessment of the security situation in their host countries albeit the fact that it may not be accurate or give a true reflection of the situation," the spokeswoman, who asked not to be identified, said by phone.
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