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High risk of terror in ASEAN: Crisis group
Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar and Indonesia are ranked high on a new list compiled by Aon Crisis Management, a UK-based firm specialising in risk management and terrorism insurance, a perception that could influence investment decisions by foreign companies.According to Aon, all four countries have a high risk of terrorism, as well as sabotage, riots, strikes, malicious damage, insurrection, rebellion and coup detats. Thailand is the only ASEAN nation that also made it in Aons top 10 list of most terrorism-prone countries in the world, which are, in order, Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Thailand and Yemen. The results are similar to another list, the Global Terrorism Index, which, however, does not display 2012 data yet. Cambodia and Malaysia have a medium risk, Aon says, while the risk in Vietnam, Laos is low and negligible in Brunei and Singapore. The assessment in detail: Posted by: tipper 2013-05-16 |
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