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Article: To save divers' paradise, Malaysia fights lawlessness: Cross-border kidnappings raise questions about security and accepting migrants from neighboring Philippines and Indonesia.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 21, 2000
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Atee Stanley gestures toward the empty beaches of Mabul Island and the placid waters of the Celebes Sea, sparkling under a late afternoon tropical sun. "Lots of our guests think it's the safest time to come. Unfortunately," she adds with a wry smile, "the others who haven't come don't think so."
In normal times, enthusiasts travel here to seek out the famed coral reef and teeming marine life at what is considered one of the world's top diving centers. But these are difficult days. Diving aficionados may be a breed for whom no distance is too great for the perfect dive, but, risking kidnapping?
Following two cross-border kidnappings since April by ...