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Ten years after the Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went off radar screens and disappeared, relatives of the 239 aboard still do not know what happened.
- A Unicef study found 52 per cent of children in low-income households in the capital ate fewer than three meals a day, with many families selling personal items to get by
- The UN agency outlined a slew of recommendations and urged the government to implement them using cash saved from planned cuts to fuel price subsidies
The 66-year-old was arrested after he was spotted driving around in a vehicle prominently displaying photos of Malaysia’s king and prime minister.
The decision to invite Lockheed Martin and BAE to a government-backed expo has raised questions about the consistency of PM Anwar Ibrahim’s criticism of the Gaza war with the actions of his government.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim accused of ignoring the private sector and wooing a key vote bank by increasing government workers’ salaries by more than 13 per cent.
Silicon Valley giants including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, along with Chinese tech conglomerates such as Alibaba, are making a big push to grow in Southeast Asia.
Media freedom advocates warn of public discourse being stifled after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called for action to be taken against sources in a contentious news report.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has denied a report of such a plan, saying “those who raised the issue of a casino licence lied”.
Reports of the casino proposal sparked controversy and opposition in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where gambling is taboo
Mahathir has denied that he abused power while in government and described the anti-corruption sweep as politically motivated.
Resistance in Sarawak against growing Malay nationalism in the peninsula is almost universal and directly tied to demands for greater state autonomy, observers say.
Malaysia plans to build Southeast Asia’s largest integrated circuit design park that is part of its efforts to move beyond chip assembly and into high-value work
As cries of impunity and special treatment rang out, PM Anwar Ibrahim was thrust onto the back foot by his own deputy reportedly filing an affidavit in support of Najib’s application.
Without a formidable and charismatic replacement, People’s Justice Party of Malaysia remains firmly wedded to its president’s political fortunes – leaving a political outfit that one insider described as ‘paralysed’.
Malaysia’s disgraced ex-PM on Wednesday persisted with his claim that the country’s former king decreed he should be released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence from the comfort of his own home.
Mahathir, 98, questions why the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has concluded he committed an offence when he is not formally being investigated.
Malaysia’s King met with UMNO and DAP members to discuss developments “regarding religious and racial sensitivity,” to put an end to tensions caused by the sale of socks bearing the word “Allah.”
A Malaysian public that’s accustomed to politics shaping prosecutions largely sees PM Anwar Ibrahim following in the footsteps of his predecessors, while his allies walk free.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s administration has been on an extended campaign against posts deemed to be provocative to race, religion and royalty.
A freeze on new migrant-worker applications has employers warning of looming labour shortages – even as tens of thousands who were tricked into moving to Malaysia struggle to find legal work.
Muslims from Canada to the UK are seeking to move to multicultural Malaysia for its pro-Palestinian stance and ‘liberating’ environment for adherents of the faith.
Umno youth leader Akmal Saleh is accused of inciting the public and violating multimedia laws over his boycott calls
Chai Kee Kan, who is charged with two counts of wounding the religious sensitivities of Muslims, apologised to king Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar over the scandal.
Robert Tan is accused of ‘cheating’ the finance ministry in 2019 into granting his firm a US$840 million contract to run the government’s fleet of vehicles.
The Israeli secret service has been accused of past targeted killings in Malaysia, one of the world’s most outspoken pro-Palestinian nations.
The latest attack struck an outlet in Christian-majority Sarawak, just a day after PM Anwar Ibrahim praised the peace and stability in the state.
Only 11.6 million people have registered in the database, well short of the 22 million targeted by the authorities
Li is scheduled to visit Kuala Lumpur later this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides.
Police said the man, who was held with a bag containing six handguns and 200 bullets, had stayed at several hotels during his time in the country.
Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying said the government needed more time to engage with the industry to carefully formulate the tax principles.
