Malaysia News

Malaysia defends slide in global graft ranking

AP - Thursday, November 19

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia has stepped up efforts to combat graft to maintain investor confidence as a survey showed the country's corruption ranking worsened this year, Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamad said Wednesday. More »

  • Malaysian newspaper for Indians gets gov't warning

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's government has warned a newspaper that its coverage of a fatal police shooting of five ethnic Indian criminal suspects could stir racial tensions and cause the publication to be suspended, the daily's chief executive said.

  • Malaysia bars Catholic paper using tribal language

    AP - Friday, November 13

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The government in Muslim-majority Malaysia has barred a Roman Catholic newspaper from publishing a supplement in a language spoken by indigenous people on Borneo island, an official said Friday.

  • Malaysia, Indonesia mending fences over maid abuse

    AP - Thursday, November 12

    PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Indonesia's leader requested swift justice Thursday for maids allegedly abused while on the job in Malaysia _ charges that have strained normally amicable relations between the neighbors.

  • Sedition trial of Malaysia blogger halted

    AP - Wednesday, November 11

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian court on Wednesday temporarily halted the trial of a prominent anti-government blogger accused of sedition because authorities could not track him down.

  • China gets rail project as leader visits Malaysia

    AP - Wednesday, November 11

    PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysia agreed Wednesday to award a multibillion-dollar rail project to a Chinese contractor as part of efforts to bolster business ties with its biggest trading partner amid a visit by China's President Hu Jintao.

  • Indonesian leader to outline 'strategic partnership' with US

    Indonesian leader to outline 'strategic partnership' with US

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's president hopes to discuss a new "strategic partnership" with the United States when he meets US President Barack Obama in Singapore on the weekend, an official said Tuesday.

  • 2 dead, 5,000 evacuated in Malaysia flash floods

    AP - Monday, November 9

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Heavy rains triggered flash floods that killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes in northern Malaysia, officials said Monday.

  • Malaysian lawmakers put marriages on line in oath

    AP - Monday, November 9

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A party official says lawmakers in Malaysia's opposition Islamic party had to pledge they would divorce their spouses if they left the party and joined the ruling coalition.

  • Malaysia Islamic MPs vow divorce if party change

    Malaysia Islamic MPs vow divorce if party change

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysia's conservative Islamic party has been criticised over a loyalty oath sworn by some of its legislators who have pledged to divorce their wives if they ever switch parties.

  • Malaysia to charge Japanese woman over drug haul

    Malaysia to charge Japanese woman over drug haul

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - A Japanese woman will appear in a Malaysian court this week to be charged with drug trafficking, and faces the death penalty if convicted, a senior customs official said Sunday.

  • Malaysia prince wins defamation suit against wife

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian prince won a defamation suit Thursday against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after she fled back home to Indonesia.

  • Malaysia rescues 59 pythons from dinner table: official

    Malaysia rescues 59 pythons from dinner table: official

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued 59 pythons from being skinned and sold to restaurants and leather dealers, an official said Thursday.

  • Malaysian charged with killing wife in acid attack

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Prosecutors charged a Malaysian with killing his wife and blinding his teenage daughter by splashing acid on them while they were sleeping, a lawyer said Thursday.

  • Malaysia's opposition alliance puts house in order

    AP - Thursday, November 5

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's three key opposition parties moved to formalize their coalition despite ideological differences by officially registering their alliance, senior officials said Wednesday.

  • Ex-minister mired in Malaysian financial scandal

    AP - Wednesday, November 4

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - One of Malaysia's former transport ministers and a top port executive may have both committed fraud, contributing to a series of missteps that plunged a government-backed industrial project into a billion-dollar debt, a parliamentary watchdog said Wednesday.

  • Malaysia rejects call to release 10,000 Bibles

    AP - Wednesday, November 4

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles confiscated for using the word "Allah" to refer to God, a banned translation in Christian texts in this Muslim-majority country, an official said Wednesday.

  • Indonesian maid jailed for poisoning employer

    Indonesian maid jailed for poisoning employer

    AFP - Tuesday, November 3

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - An Indonesian maid has been sentenced to six years in jail for attempting to murder her elderly Malaysian employer by putting weedkiller in her coffee and soup, reports said Tuesday.

  • Malaysia state helps jaded couples beat the blues

    AP - Tuesday, November 3

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian state government fretting about rising divorces said Monday it will offer classes on romance to help Muslim couples stay together _ even encourage them to bathe together to promote intimacy.

  • Iran says UN-backed nuclear deal is not dead

    AP - Monday, November 2

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Iran said Monday it has not rejected a U.N.-backed plan aimed at limiting the country's ability to make nuclear weapons as it called for a technical panel to review its terms.

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