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.
Some Malaysians accuse the military of poor planning that led to the crash and having defence assets of questionable quality.
Resistance in Sarawak against growing Malay nationalism in the peninsula is almost universal and directly tied to demands for greater state autonomy, observers say.
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.
The Buddhist kingdom plans to take a punt on legalised gambling as it rues the billions of dollars in untapped gaming revenue that’s been left on the table. But will it hit the jackpot?
Avitan is accused of weapons trafficking after he was arrested with six semi-automatic handguns in his Kuala Lumpur hotel room.
The crisis reveals decades of official inertia in dealing with long-term resource planning and decrepit water infrastructure in Sabah.
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.
Umno youth leader Akmal Saleh is accused of inciting the public and violating multimedia laws over his boycott calls
Najib claims the king had issued an addendum to his original decree that would allow Najib to serve his reduced sentence ‘under condition of home arrest’.
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.
Only 11.6 million people have registered in the database, well short of the 22 million targeted by the authorities
The east Malaysian state is surrounded by water, but years of infrastructure neglect and an El Nino-triggered drought have brought severe shortages as tankers are deployed to supply water to villages ‘around the clock’.
The Malaysian operator of the fast food giant had claimed the boycotters had slandered its business and implied it had profited from the assault on Palestinians and conspired with Israel
The country’s farms rely on millions of workers from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal, who return home every year to observe Ramadan with their families.
Left unchecked, more than 6 million Malaysians could be left with less than US$9 a month to survive on in their old age, according to government estimates.
Analysts blame structural problems for the plunge and say PM Anwar needs to make long-term economic reforms – and find the political support for these measures.
Calls for several Chinese “new villages” to get Unesco status and a pork rib soup to be a heritage dish have sparked a cultural clash in Malaysia.
Chat groups are warning Muslims to be alert when buying dates – a sweet fruit eaten to break fast during Ramadan – after some were repackaged in Malaysia to hide their origin.
Malaysian authorities have promised to embark on a third search for the missing plane after two previous failed attempts.
His comment has sparked the latest row over culture and identity in Malaysia amid a conservative surge among the Malay-Muslim majority.
Malaysia is set to offer US deep-sea explorer Ocean Infinity a deal to restart the search on a ‘no-find, no-fee’ basis, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said.
Malaysian air crash investigators proposed early on for commercial aircraft to be outfitted with real-time tracking systems to help planes in distress.
Malaysia’s social media users mostly panned Starbucks Malaysia’s statement, with some saying that a neutral stance was as good as supporting Israel.
