Malaysia

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested today (19 Sep) over a 1MDB-related scandal, one of which involves the siphoning of RM2.6bil from the state fund into his personal bank account. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) announced that it has made the arrest at its headquarters in the adminstrative capital of Putrajaya at 4.13 pm. The commission added that …

President-elect of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party) Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his view that it is crucial for Malaysia and Singapore to "work together" on contentious issues such as the water agreement and the KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, in contrast to current Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's approach which is often interpreted as adversarial. In an interview …

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has received flak from journalists from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Bradley Hope and Tom Wright for his revelation regarding the sum that he has claimed to be donated to "his party" by the late Saudi king HRH Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Saud in the following Facebook post on Monday (10 Sep): Hope and Wright, …

Malaysian senior counsel, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday (12 Sep), and is awaiting to be charged under the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 today. Muhammad Shafee leads the defence legal team representing former premier Najib Razak against the latter's charges entailing money laundering, criminal breach of trust, and abuse of power. Previously in an …

In response to the comments made by Malaysia’s Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali about how the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) was a form of bribery, former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak said that cash aid for low income earners was a norm in other countries as well. Najib said that based on Azmin’s claim, Singapore’s GST vouchers are a …

A new agreement on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail Link (HSR) project will be signed by Singapore and Malaysia today (5 Sep) at 2 p.m. at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia. The new document, of which the content has yet to be mentioned by the Malaysian Minister of Economic Affairs Mr Azmin Ali, will …

The public caning of two women who had attempted to have sexual intercourse in a car in Dungun, a district in the state of Terengganu in Malaysia, has sparked outrage amongst local and international human rights groups. The caning of the two women, aged 22 and 32, was meted out six times in front of 100 "witnesses" yesterday (3 Sep) …

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stressed that the Bumiputera should bend their backs to earn their money instead of relying on the government for handouts. Speaking during the Congress on the Future of Bumiputera and the Nation on Saturday (1 September), Dr Mahathir said that his new Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration will not entertain requests from those who are merely …

Earlier in July this year, Sumiko Tan from Straits Times interviewed Malaysia's Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng at dinner. Below is the transcript of the interview that Ms Tan had with Mr Lim that was published.  Q: What have been your biggest challenges as Finance Minister? A: A lot of challenges. Everything that has been happening over the last six …

The 1MDB  case continues to unfold in Malaysia as the Malaysian police filed the first set of criminal charges against Low Taek Jho a.k.a Kho Low and his father over money allegedly stolen from 1 Malaysia Development Bhd. The Edge Market reports that the charged were filed in absentia as Jho Low continues to evade Malaysian authorities. The Edge Markets …