Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that Malaysia will not recognize Israel but will support the Palestinian people. He made this comment at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) press conference held in Lima, the capital of Latin American country Peru on Friday (November 15). At the same time, he rejected the change of diplomatic relations regarding […]
Read MoreMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated that his country will help the Palestinians. Will not recognize Israel. Anwar Ibrahim made this comment at a press conference of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in the Latin American country of Peru on Friday. Malaysia has always maintained diplomatic distance with Israel. The Prime Minister of Malaysia […]
Read MoreMuhyiddin Yassin is also charged with sedition for allegedly insulting a former king and is accused of corruption and money laundering in separate cases. A Malaysian court on Friday ordered former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to pay more than $300,000 to another politician in a defamation case, adding to the opposition leader’s legal troubles. Muhyiddin, […]
Read MoreA Malaysian court has ordered former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to enter his own defence on charges of abuse of power and money laundering in the 1MDB scandal. Najib has been charged with four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering for allegedly taking $526 million from One Malaysia Development […]
Read MoreMalaysia said in July it will require social media platforms and messaging services with more than eight million users to obtain a licence, as part of efforts to curb financial scams, cyberbullying and sexual crimes online. A Meta Platforms official on Wednesday criticised Malaysia’s plan to require social media platforms to apply for a regulatory […]
Read MoreFormer Prime Minister Najib Razak has apologized to the nation over the billion-dollar financial scandal at Malaysia’s main development fund. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim welcomed Najib’s apology. He welcomed it in a statement on Friday. Najib is currently in prison for diverting money from state funds. Accepting responsibility for his failures on October 24, Najib […]
Read MoreThe Malaysian government has agreed to increase the minimum wage rate from 1,500 ringgit (RM) currently to 1,700 ringgit, with effect from February 1, 2025, said Anwar Ibrahim. While tabling Budget 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, the Prime Minister also said that employers with less than five workers will be given a six-month […]
Read MoreFormer Prime Minister of Malaysia. Mahathir bin Mohamad has been admitted to hospital with a respiratory infection. His assistant informed this information on Wednesday. Sufi Yusuf, Mahathir’s assistant, said he was admitted to the National Heart Institute on Tuesday morning local time. He said, “According to the information provided by the hospital, his problem is […]
Read MoreMalaysia’s Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has launched a new system that will help them manage foreign workers in the country’s construction sector. Under this system, foreign workers will be required to register through a biometric system when they get their construction skills certificate verified by CIDB in their home country. The Industrial Development Board […]
Read MoreMiscreants took a Bangladeshi construction worker to the forest and killed him by slitting his throat in Malaysia’s Ipuh district. Local police recovered the strangled body of a Bangladeshi construction worker in a forest behind the Taman Legenda Phase 3 shared house near Teluk Intan in Ipuh district on Thursday morning. Police arrested three Bangladeshi […]
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