MALAYSIAN police said that they killed five suspected criminal gang members in a shootout early on Monday, as they crackdown on a burst of violent crime that has shocked the country.

Police said they launched the nationwide anti-crime push on Saturday, following a growing public outcry over lawlessness that for the past month has seen near-daily shootings and other violence, the vast majority going unsolved.

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