Impact of terrorism on Malaysia increasing, says IEP

PETALING JAYA: The impact of terrorism on Malaysia is increasing, with the nation rising from 91st place in 2013 to 48th place out of 162 countries in this year's Global Terrorism Index (GTI), according to the Institute for Economics and Peace's (IEP) .

This places Malaysia in the same bracket as countries like Ireland, Tunisia, South Africa and Peru which came in at the 46th, 47th, 48th and 50th places respectively, as well as Norway which came in at 44th place and Paraguay, which came in at 43rd place respectively.