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Malaysia’s Border Problems: Human Trafficking, Drugs, Illegal Immigrants, Piracy – Analysis
If land and sea borders are the nation’s doors, Malaysia’s doors seem wide open.
Terrorism, piracy, smuggling, narcotics trade, human trafficking, and illegal immigrants are all major problems that need to be tackled at the country’s boundaries.
- Murray Hunter
- Eurasia Review
The country, for instance, has taken in tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Indonesian Muslims who have crossed the border into East Malaysia from Kelantan to seek work in a wealthier country.
Substantial numbers of them have been issued identity cards to become voters aligned with Malay political…
Malaysia’s problems are exacerbated by the fact that the…