PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs an effective solution, such as a hostage negotiation unit, to stem the kidnapping trend in the east coast by Abu Sayyaf militants, said a criminologist here.
Help University Institute of Crime and Criminology director Datuk Akhbar Satar said the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) needed well-trained hostage negotiators and its own model to overcome the issue as a long-term solution.
