Malaysia

Malaysia – On February 20, DAP announced it supports the National Recovery Council’s (NRC) recommendation to restore international borders on March 1 in order to assist the country’s economic recovery and create new employment possibilities. Lim Guan Eng, the party’s secretary-general, said that the party is prepared to set aside political differences in order to satisfy the NRC’s demand, which …

Malaysia – With a 3-0 victory against reigning champions Indonesia on February 20, the Malaysian men’s team won their first Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) championship. Malaysia’s victory against Indonesia’s second stringers ended their arch-rivals’ hopes of winning the BATC for the fourth time since it started in 2016. Malaysia’s All England champion Lee Zii Jia had a shaky start …

Malaysia – Rafizi Ramli, a former vice-president of the PKR, has expressed his desire to return to politics, and the party’s president, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, said he would welcome him back if he chose to do so. Rafizi, as a member of the PKR and as a Malaysian citizen, has the authority to make whatever choice he desires, particularly …

Malaysia – Cryptocurrency, the exciting, transitory new wave of technology has a shady underside of issues and scams. Crypto crimes, including as unlawful bitcoin mining, have surged dramatically in 2021, according to Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) head Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan. In the year 2021 alone, Malaysia had 570 investigation documents filed, 528 persons detained, and RM54 …

Malaysia – According to PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, DAP founded the youth-focused Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) to “bait” Malay youths. According to a report, Abdul Hadi also claimed that DAP formed Parti Amanah Negara, one of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition’s four component parties. PKR and Upko are the other two components. “Amanah was invented by …

Malaysia – The Malaysian men’s team topped Group B and qualified for the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Squad Championships (BATC) 2022 with a 3-2 victory against a second-string Japanese team. Malaysia, the 2020 runners-up, will face South Korea in the men’s semi-finals, while defending champions Indonesia will face Singapore. Malaysia will square off against defending runners-up South Korea in …

Malaysia – The Ministry of Health (MOH) is scheduled to present its recommendation to the Cabinet on standard operating procedures for reopening the country’s borders as soon as possible. Deputy Minister for International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said that the incident was being thoroughly investigated, with the Ministry of Health continuously monitoring the country’s Covid-19 status. …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Malaysia’s Prime Minister, said that the country would establish the National Robotics Roadmap (NRR) in an attempt to bring robotics technology into widespread use in order to increase national productivity. In his opinion, the plan might assist in the reduction of reliance on foreign labor and the minimization of outflows of foreign cash. …

Malaysia – On Wednesday, a former Goldman Sachs associate testified that his participation in a bribery scheme that robbed billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund was motivated by “greed and ambition.” In the criminal prosecution of Roger Ng, the bank’s former head of investment banking in Malaysia, Tim Leissner, the former leader of Goldman’s South-east Asia unit, …

Malaysia – After online insults on the nurse who gave his six-year-old son the Covid-19 vaccine injection, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin lauded her professionalism. Some social media users claimed the 48-second video uploaded by the Health Ministry depicting the vaccination procedure had been manipulated, accusing the unnamed nurse of removing the liquid vaccine from the syringe immediately before delivering the …