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| Southeast Asia |
| High risk of terror in ASEAN: Crisis group |
| 2013-05-16 |
| 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 d’etats. Thailand is the only ASEAN nation that also made it in Aon’s 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 |
| #3 Damn, this reminds me to call a meeting of the neighbor watch group and maybe think of a Hatel or at least a general strike. Or a grill out, depends. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-05-16 18:11 |
| #2 So what is the most common thread of these places? Mo, don't ya know...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-05-16 11:49 |
| #1 Sniff, sniff, IS THERE NO LOVE FOR "WE COULD BECOME ANOTHER PAKISTAN OR AFGANISTAN" BANGLADESH??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-16 02:58 |