Poorer youths easily swayed to join gangs


PETALING JAYA: There are a number of reasons why young Indians from poor backgrounds are the likely targets of gangs looking for new recruits.

One of them, said Malaysian Indian Progressive Action Society president A. Rajarethinam, was that they were not catching up fast enough with rapid urbanisation.

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