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Malaysia is a destination, supply and transit point for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. [8] Women and girls from Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are trafficked to Malaysia. [8]
[11] [12] [13] It has also been historically compared with the 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods. [14] It is the deadliest tropical cyclone-related disaster to hit Malaysia since Tropical Storm Greg of 1996, which killed 238 people and left 102 more missing. [15] Record-high precipitations were measured at weather stations at Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. [16]
Kuala Lumpur, [a] officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, [b] and colloquially referred to as KL, is the capital city and a federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of 243 km 2 (94 sq mi) with a census population of 2,075,600 as of 2024 [update] . [ 8 ]
Kuala Lumpur was ranked the 6th most-visited city in the world on the Mastercard Destination Cities Index in 2019. [11] Since the 1990s, the city has played host to many international sporting, political and cultural events, including the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championships, 1998 Commonwealth Games, Formula One since 1999 to 2017, Malaysian Moto GP, 2001 Southeast Asian Games, and 2017 ...
Chow Kit has traditionally been known as one of the major red-light districts in Kuala Lumpur. [8] Many of the prostitutes are daughters of prostitutes that have grown up in the area. [ 9 ] Malaysian director Justin Ong's 2013 film, Ida's choice , is about a young woman in the red-light district.
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Jalan Tun Razak (Jalan Pekeliling) Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) Ampang: Tunnel Interchange Lower floor Motorway Tunnel Dry sections Start/end of tunnel Maximum height 2 m Speed limit 60 km/h: SMART Tunnel SMART Tunnel Start/end of expressway (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only) SMART border limit: Kuala Lumpur ...
The KLCC Park (Malay: Taman KLCC) is an urban park in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The park has been designed to provide greenery to Petronas Twin Towers and the areas surrounding it.
The 2024 Kuala Lumpur sinkhole, also known as the Jalan Masjid India sinkhole, is an 8-metre (26 ft) deep sinkhole that formed in Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 23 August 2024, possibly caused by sewage pipe ruptures and other geographical faults.