oddball, most of us can't give even one second of SAS, penang is not in Cambodia, and the countries really don't have that much in common. SAS action would not be wise. A violent response or threat will just trigger retaliation, maybe not immediately.
I feel extremely safe in St. Petersburg, Florida, but wouldn't feel even a bit safe in the Bronx (except maybe in Riverdale), and that's in the same country.
I stayed in a Penang guest house for several months. There was a guest reporting a bag being snatched every day, on the same two streets, and the police would take reports, but provided no police presence. I never saw a policeman on these streets, except when the convenience store was robbed. I heard and read story after story about houses being broken into. One of my friends moved out of a house and into an apartment after being burglarized. The burglars take everything, including the wiring out of the walls. It is not true that if you keep your nose clean you will not be robbed. If you are careful, as you should be everywhere, you will probably be physically safe.
You seem to be of the opinion that anybody that has anything bad happen to them invited it. That just isn't true.
I'm not saying not to move there, just not to get a house, and not to get the idea that it is safer than where you currently live. As Etherus posted, you have to be careful and cautious about where you live.
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