http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/msian-businesses-suffer-after-spate-violent-crimes
Businesses in Malaysia are reducing their operating hours as more people are reluctant to venture out at night due to safety concerns following the recent spate of violent crimes around the country.
The Star news website reported that clinics, restaurants and petrol stations in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and several other major towns are among those which have done so.
Some of the bigger clinics have resorted to employing security guards, while the smaller clinics are keeping their main doors locked as part of their safety measures.
Aside from clinics, at least five mini-markets located at petrol stations no longer allow their customers to browse inside after certain hours. You can only make purchases by telling the staff what you want and he will pass you the items through a small opening at the cashier counter.
Meanwhile, outdoor food stall operators are also closing earlier over worries of extortions from gangs which are demanding protection money.
The safety measures taken follow a rash of shooting incidents that have rattled Malaysians, with more than 13 cases being reported over the past fortnight.
Several prominent figures were among the victims, including Arab-Malaysian Development Bank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi and Chairman of the MyWatch anti-crime activist group R Sri Sanjeevan.
In Penang alone, there were three shootings in the space of 24 hours on Thursday, alarming the state government over security on the island.
In comments published by the Mingguan Malaysia newspaper yesterday, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there were now about 260,000 criminals roaming Malaysian streets as a result of the repeal of the EO, which had released some 2,600 detainees from the Simpang Renggam Detention Centre.
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