The Asia Deception

The wording used in crime news is often selected to hide the true nationality of the criminals.
When a news report says that certain criminals are from 'Asia', realize that Asia includes the following countries, 
and that news source may be pushing a subtle act of deception; a half-truth. 

From: https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-asia.html 


Afghanistan 
Armenia 
Azerbaijan 

B Bahrain 
Bangladesh 
Bhutan 
Brunei 

Cambodia 
China 
Cyprus 

Georgia 

India 
Indonesia 
Iran 
Iraq 
Israel 

Japan 
Jordan 

K
Kazakhstan 
Kuwait Kyrgyzstan 

L Laos 
Lebanon 

Malaysia 
Maldives 
Mongolia 
Myanmar (formerly Burma) 

Nepal 
North Korea 

Oman 

P Pakistan 
Palestine 
Philippines 

Qatar 

Russia 

Saudi Arabia 
Singapore 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Syria 

Taiwan 
Tajikistan 
Thailand 
Timor-Leste 
Turkey 
Turkmenistan 

United Arab Emirates (UAE) 
Uzbekistan
 
V Vietnam
 
Y Yemen