Malaysia on high alert following Jakarta bomb attacks

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's police are beefing up security in public areas and taking extra measures to secure border areas in the aftermath of bomb attacks in neighboring Indonesia's capital city on Thursday. Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement that Malaysia is now on "alert to the highest degree", amid concerns that global terrorism may infiltrate the Southeast Asian country. (Reporting by Joseph Sipalan; Editing by Praveen Menon)