Malaysia Shootings Surge as Businessman Gunned Down in Sabah
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A 44-year-old businessman was shot dead in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state, raising concern over a surge in gun violence after Prime Minister Najib Razak scrapped a law used to tackle hard-core criminals.
Since July 26, there have been at least 10 public shooting incidents around the Southeast Asian nation, leaving five people dead including Hussain Ahmad Najadi, the 75-year-old founder of AMMB Holdings Bhd., Malaysia’s fifth-biggest lender, according to data compiled by police and published on an official Facebook page. In the Sabah incident, the businessman died in a drive-by shooting in Kota Kinabalu on Aug. 3, police said.