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Wife of Malaysia's former PM questioned for second time in 1MDB case
The wife of Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived Wednesday at the nation's anti-graft agency for questioning over alleged theft and money laundering involving the 1MDB state investment fund. Rosmah Mansor was summoned for a second time since June 5 and could face criminal ...
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak hit with new corruption charges
Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty Thursday to 25 fresh charges of abuse of power and money laundering over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund. Najib was detained by the anti-graft agency Wednesday over the transfer of $681 million into ...
Police in Malaysia are investigating a case of alcohol poisoning that killed at least 21 people, with dozens more hospitalized, most of them citizens of Asian nations, officials said on Wednesday. Cheap, homemade liquor is popular among poor, migrant workers in Muslim-majority Malaysia, which has ...
Malaysia anti-graft agency arrests former leader Najib Razak
Malaysia's anti-graft agency says it has arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund and that he will face further charges in court. The agency says Najib was detained at its office on Wednesday and will be taken ...
Malaysia urged to ban child marriages as 44-year-old man weds teen as second wife
Malaysia's government has come under renewed pressure to outlaw child marriages after another case of a child bride surfaced in a poor rural state, the second in weeks. A 15-year-old teenager became the second wife of a 44-year-old Muslim man in northeast Kelantan state, the ...
Malaysian island city in trouble as PM targets China-linked projects
An ambitious $100 billion island city being built off Malaysia has found itself in troubled waters as the new government takes aim at the development, the latest in a series of China-linked mega-projects started under the scandal-plagued ex-premier to come under attack. Forest City's futuristic ...
Malaysia, Singapore agree to postpone rail project for two years: report
Malaysia has agreed with Singapore to postpone the development of a high-speed rail service by two years, Malaysian media reported, as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy looks to review mega-projects to cut its massive debt. Malaysian business weekly The Edge on Saturday cited sources confirming both ...
Two Malaysian women were caned Monday for having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, despite an outcry from activists at the "cruel and unjust" punishment. The case has sparked widespread condemnation and focused attention on what rights groups say is a deteriorating climate ...
Malaysia Islamic court postpones caning of women for lesbian sex
A Malaysian Islamic court Tuesday postponed the caning of two women convicted of lesbian sex as activists hoped it would give them time to stop the punishment being carried out. The women, aged 22 and 32, were arrested in April by Islamic enforcement officers after ...
Despite concerns, Malaysian leader calls for China's help with fiscal problems
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called on China's leadership to help solve his country's fiscal problems, as he tries to revise major Beijing-backed projects signed under his scandal-plagued predecessor. The 93-year-old leader, who returned for a second stint as premier following a shock election ...
Malaysia seizes rhino horns worth $12 million in largest such haul
Malaysia has seized rhinoceros horns worth nearly $12 million bound for Vietnam, the Southeast Asian nation's largest haul of such contraband, officials said on Monday. Wildlife experts say Malaysia is a major transit point for the illegal trafficking of endangered species to other Asian countries. Officials ...
Malaysia is hunting for an industrial device containing radioactive material that is reported to have gone missing from a pickup truck on Aug 10, police and media said Monday. Authorities fear the device, which contains an unknown amount of radioactive iridium, could cause radiation exposure ...
