Malaysia

Donald Pang, a camping aficionado, had intended to go camping in Johor this month with three friends, but postponed the trip due to Malaysia’s continuing monsoon season, which has caused devastating floods and landslides in several regions. The 59-year-old marketing professional told CNA on Wednesday, “If you’re on high ground, you might not be flooded, but you might have landslides.” …

The confidence motion of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was carried by parliament on Monday, December 19, securing essential support for his government after last month’s election produced an unprecedented hung parliament. Anwar called parliament to demonstrate his majority when Muhyiddin Yassin, his opponent and former prime minister, cast doubt on his support. The confidence motion was approved by a …

The search for the remaining 12 campers buried by a catastrophic landslide in Malaysia on Friday, December 16, at an unregistered campground resumed for a second day, but heavy nighttime rains hindered the effort, officials said. At least 21 people, including five children, were killed when a landslide tore down tents in Batang Kali, a popular highland location approximately 50 …

After a landslide struck a campground in Selangor state early on Friday morning, the Malaysian fire service reported that two persons had killed and 51 were still missing. Search operations are underway. The landslide in Selangor state, on the outskirts of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, occurred at around 3 a.m. (1900 GMT) on the side of a road near a …

With worries that some of the Rohingya have already passed away from starvation and dehydration, calls are growing for Malaysia’s authorities to permit the safe disembarkation of those who are stranded on a boat within its waters. On November 25, a boat leaving from Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh carried 160 individuals, including 120 women and children. Since Bangladesh welcomed …

Malaysia has been rated tenth on a list of 82 nations that are most impacted by China, according to a new research measuring Beijing’s growing worldwide influence. The China Index, a database released on December 8 by Taiwanese research firm DoubleThink Labs, focuses on nine categories to track China’s global influence, including higher education, domestic politics, economic ties, foreign policy, …

The Anti-Corruption Commission of Malaysia said on Thursday that it has launched an inquiry into the suspected theft of 600 billion ringgit ($136.39 billion) in government monies. The probe was initiated when the new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, launched a review of billion-dollar government projects granted by his predecessor, Muhyyyddin Yassin, on the grounds that they did not adhere to …

State Track of Thailand (SRT) officials said on Sunday that train travel on the railway connecting Thailand and Malaysia has been banned as officials investigate a bomb explosion that derailed a freight train early yesterday afternoon. The explosion derailed 11 of the cargo train’s 20 cars and seriously damaged rail tracks in the Sadao area of Songkhla province, according to …

Muhyiddin Yassin, the leader of Perikatan Nasional (PN), has criticized Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s new Cabinet, calling it “the most disappointing in the nation’s history.” By choosing kleptocrats to the Cabinet, according to Muhyiddin, Anwar has compromised the values of good administration he advocated during the 2015 general election campaign. “His reform program rings hollow given that he could not …

The domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry of Malaysia has promised to address the issue of the lack of eggs in some parts of Kuala Lumpur. Additionally, it cautioned customers against making rash purchases, arguing that this is what originally led to the issue. On Tuesday (Nov 29), the ministry was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times that …