The Malaysian Foreign Minister was to visit Myanmar on Thursday to discuss the thousands of migrants from Myanmar’s Rohingya ethnic minority adrift across South-East Asia. Anifah Aman’s visit comes a day after Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta agreed to allow thousands of the migrants, who also include Bangladeshis, to temporarily land[…]
With Malaysia seen as a popular tourist destination for Capetonians, the country is hoping to further strengthen ties with South Africa in improve tourism there. This emerged at the World Travel Market Africa 2015, which this year hosted travel companies from around the world at the Cape Town International Convention[…]
Malaysia’s parliament has passed an anti-terrorism bill that reintroduces detention without trial, three years after it was revoked by Prime Minister Najib Razak. Opposition members of parliament proposed several amendments to the legislation, under which individuals can be detained for up to two years with two-year extensions thereafter, but it[…]
Malaysia will take another giant leap towards establishing the country as the global Halal hub when it hosts the World Halal Summit. Scheduled to be held from 30th March to 4th April 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), WHS 2015 is set to be the largest Halal event[…]
Malaysian police have arrested the eldest daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged sedition, a move slammed by critics as a clampdown on dissent. Opposition party official Fahmi Fadzil says Nurul Izzah Anwar was arrested Monday and will be held overnight in a police lockup because of a[…]
Malaysia’s transport minister on Thursday vowed to take stern action against an air traffic control supervisor if it is confirmed that he was asleep on the job when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared a year ago. An interim investigation report last Sunday contained transcripts of conversations between air traffic controllers[…]
Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way in 2014. But they didn’t hurt the country’s tourism, and the higher visibility may even have helped: visitor numbers had their strongest growth in years. For the past decade, Malaysia has run an elaborate campaign to market itself[…]
Malaysia’s top court on Tuesday upheld opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction and sentenced him to five years in prison, a verdict he slammed – while standing in the dock – as the “murder of judicial independence” and the result of a political conspiracy. The case has widely been seen at[…]
Malaysia will release an interim report on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on March 7, the day before the first anniversary of its disappearance, a senior transportation official said Wednesday. The report would include some findings of the investigation, but “we have not concluded on the status of the[…]
Seven Malaysians have been charged in court for supporting Islamic State militants in Syria, a news report said Wednesday. Two financial consultants were charged with allegedly soliciting money online for the extremist forces, the Sun Daily newspaper said. Prosecutors also charged a suspected Malaysian jihadist who returned to Kuala Lumpur[…]
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