I think we should have a subforum to specifically discuss safety issues, problems, threat on the street, downtown, our homes, foreign countries, remote places etc. Also to share some practical tips to protect and defend ourselves. We don't wanna live in fear.

For example :

JAKARTA (JP): Two women, both foreign nationals, were robbed Saturday night in a taxi they hailed in Kemang.

At around 9 p.m., the two women entered a taxi on Jl. Kemang Raya in South Jakarta. After driving for several minutes on the same road, the driver slowed the taxi and two men jumped into the backseat of the vehicle, entering from both sides.

source : http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgenera...4039&irec=2