Category: Malaysia
Kit Siang says debate with Najib off amid fears of racial conflict
DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has today retracted his agreement to debate scandal-plagued Datuk Seri Najib Razak, citing fears that the event may be turned into an ethnic [...]
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Cuba seeks direct trade with Malaysia to ease supply shortage, says envoy
Cuba is seeking to establish direct trade with Malaysia, including barter trade, to ease the current shortage of supplies on the Caribbean island nation. Cuban Ambassador to [...]
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Respect Constitution, social contract, Dr M’s aide tells matriculation quota critics
Politicians should respect the Constitution and the so-called social contract that guarantees Bumiputera rights, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s aide has said today amid an [...]
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Malaysia to Send Plastic Waste Back to Where It Came From
Malaysia plans to send non-recyclable plastic back to the countries that sent it to there, said its environment minister on Tuesday. “Developed countries must be [...]
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Mass Koran reading in Malaysia to mark sacred date
Dressed in robes and chanting in Arabic, scores of Malaysian Muslim children read the Koran aloud in a mosque to mark a special date in the Islamic calendar. About 80 people, [...]
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Malaysian man cheated of more than $1 million by childhood friend who treated him like a blank cheque
A 26-year-old man paid a heavy price for being too trustingin this case, in a childhood friend. As a result, he was cheated of more than RM3 million (S$1 million) over fake [...]
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Cleaning up corruption in Malaysia goes beyond Najib
Former PM Najib Razak has become a poster boy for corruption in Malaysia but he is only the tip of the iceberg. For those of us who have spent years on the front lines of the [...]
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Report: Malaysian woman run over by bus in Singapore while trying to catch ride home to Johor
A 61-year-old Malaysian woman working in Singapore died after being run over by a bus at the Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore. The incident happened at about 11.40pm on [...]
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Agong’s father Sultan Ahmad Shah dies
Sultan Ahmad Shah Al Musta’in Billah Sultan Abu Bakar, father of the current Agong, passed away at the age of 88 this morning. Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy [...]
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More Malaysians confident about jobs and finances, but careful when spending, survey shows
Malaysia remains the sixth most confident country among 64 nations surveyed in the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for the first quarter of 2019, even as concerns over the [...]
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Malaysia’s Petronas achieves first LNG production at floating facility
Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas said on Tuesday it has achieved its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at its floating LNG facility off the eastern state of [...]
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Kit Siang: Okay to debate other topics with Najib, but don’t change kleptocracy subject
DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has no objection to other topics being raised during his tentative debate with former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, so long as the main [...]
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NT cattle property Carmor Plains sold to Malaysia’s Sarawak Economic Development Corporation for $20m
A Malaysian state-owned corporation has paid $20 million for a cattle property on the floodplains east of Darwin, best known for its hunting and wildlife. Rosewood Station, [...]
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Malaysia, flooded with plastic waste, to send back some scrap to source
Malaysia, which has become the dumping ground for the world’s plastic waste, will send back non-recyclable plastic scrap to the developed countries that sent it there, [...]
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Online petition calling for removal of Malaysia’s Education minister gains traction
A petition calling for Malaysian Education minister Maszlee Malik to be replaced has garnered more than 110,000 signatories, as he continued to face pressure over [...]
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