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New Straits Times Online
April 19, 2018
The planned listing comes as Malaysian state-linked fund management firm Permodalan Nasional Bhd, the biggest shareholder in Maybank, is seeking to restructure its holding companies in order to boost returns. Last year, Sime Darby Bhd, majority owned by Permodalan Nasional, spun off its plantationÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
April 19, 2018
PETALING JAYA: Pahang PPBM is relying on the WhatsApp phone application to ensure that every corner of the largest state in the peninsula is being engaged, according to the party's state chief Wan Mohd Shahrir Abdul Jalil. Speaking to FMT, Wan Shahrir said WhatsApp and mobile phones hadÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
April 19, 2018
KOTA KINABALU: The recent report of seat swap discussions still on the table among the Kadazandusun Murut (KDM) component parties of Barisan Nasional (BN) has reignited interest on the Bingkor and Kadamaian state seats. Previously, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and UnitedÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
April 19, 2018
"The Patani Malay struggle is etho-nationalist by nature and there is no indication that the political context is changing or has changed," Pathan added. PLANS FOR ATTACKS IN MALAYSIA'S JOHOR STATE. Malaysian police said that Awae was plotting to launch terror attacks against churches, templesÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 19, 2018
This week, in remarks to a security forum, Malaysia's defense minister called for the expansion of ongoing trilateral cooperation between Malaysia, ... He delved into the various ways through which the Islamic State and other related terrorist groups could pose a threat to Southeast Asian states, be it turningÃâà...
Malay Mail
April 19, 2018
Ooi said the other state seats they are looking at included Datuk Keramat, Batu Uban, Pantai Jerejak, Berapit, Padang Lallang, Pengkalan Kota and Machang Bubuk. “We initially wanted to contest in Sungai Pinang but since Teh Yee Cheu will be contesting there under Parti Sosialis Malaysia, we will notÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
April 18, 2018
ALOR SETAR, Kedah: It is sometimes not easy being a farmer in Kedah, the second poorest state in Malaysia. Sobri Yaacob knows this well, as he has worked the land for almost all his life. The 45-year-old farmer in Yan district only makes RM130 (US$33) a month from harvesting 0.3ha of paddy field, butÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 18, 2018
Semporna, a scruffy port town on Malaysia's easternmost point, is an unlikely setting for a campaign launch. But this coastal enclave was where Prime Minister Najib Razak landed soon after Parliament was dissolved in his bid to secure another five-year mandate in the General Election on May 9. SpeakingÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
April 16, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia police are tracking down four Islamic State (IS)-linked terrorists involved in a plot to kidnap and murder police officers, as well as attack non-Muslim ... A third Malaysian is Nor Farkhan Mohd Isa, 31, whose address was indicated as Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai in Johor.
NBCNews.com
April 4, 2018
Because religion and culture go hand in hand in Malaysia, LGBTQ discrimination at the state level trickles down to the public. “Menyantuni” was the theme for March 24's Back to Fitrah forum, but the underlying message was more insidious: Being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender is unnatural, and, likeÃâà...
Study International News
April 4, 2018
A Malaysian public university recently held a contest to convert lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, a move that has been criticised as discriminatory and hegemonising the debate about how Islam views the minority group. LGBT students say such events are normal in and outsideÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
April 4, 2018
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak delivers a speech during a civil service gathering in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 04 April 2018. ... PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak shot down claims that Malaysia is a failed state and said instead the nation had recorded numerous success stories untilÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 4, 2018
A pig-tailed macaque picking trainer Wan Ibrahim Wan Mat's hair in the village of Melor in the northern state of Kelantan, Malaysia, on Feb 8, 2018. ... a coconut on a piece of string until it fell to the floor, a small victory for the simian student at a Malaysian school that trains monkeys to harvest fruit for farmers.
Radio Free Asia
April 4, 2018
A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency officer monitors 56 Rohingya on a boat intercepted in northwestern Malaysia, April 3, 2018. ... The refugees were to be handed over to the state immigration department because they were found within Malaysian waters and without valid documents, Rozali said.
ABC Online
April 4, 2018
A wooden boat carrying 56 Rohingyas left Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state, stopping briefly in Thailand before being intercepted in Malaysia. Malaysia will allow them to enter ... The arrival of a boatload of Rohingya asylum seekers in Malaysian waters is seen as a worrying sign of what might be to come.
The Straits Times
April 2, 2018
Kedah and Johor high-stakes states in Malaysian elections ... Kedah in the general election because where and how the wind blows may determine the political future of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia and two of its biggest names ... So much attention has been showered on Johor, Pakatan's front-line state.
Channel NewsAsia
March 4, 2018
The elephant strolled into the school on Thursday at around 6am according to the New Straits Times (NST), apparently in search of food, leaving students and teachers in a state of panic. Beluran district police chief Superintendent V Shivananthan said no one was injured in the incident, the report added.
The Straits Times
March 4, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR - A LRT station in the Malaysian state of Selangor was temporarily closed after parts of its roof were blown off during a rainstorm that hit at noon on Saturday (March 3), the Bernama news agency reported. Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, whose subsidiary Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd owns theÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 4, 2018
PETALING JAYA • The business dealings between US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and wealthy Malaysian developer Tiah Joo Kim, are being investigated by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, CNN reported. Quoting a former and a current US official, CNN reported that theÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
March 4, 2018
The looming water crisis in the Klang Valley could be an important lesson for Malaysia on how it looks at the water sector. Right now, we have to grapple with the so-called federal-state dichotomy (as exemplified by the Selangor water issue), the inability to put a correct value to water and our over-relianceÃâà...
TODAYonline
March 4, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR — All eyes are on Mr Amin each time he steps out of his wooden house. Villagers speak in hushed tones behind his back. For it is rare for them to see a man with an EMD (electronic monitoring device) strapped around his ankle, walking about the village in a northern state in Malaysia.
The Australian
March 3, 2018
In early 2014, Ladylaw approached three Malaysian state-controlled funds — EPF, the Federal Land Development Authority and the Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority — with its proposal. Ladylaw proposed borrowing $US1bn, which it would use to buy a portfolio of buildingsÃâà...
AberdeenNews.com
March 3, 2018
Ky Tran has been raising Malaysian freshwater prawns as a hobby for about six years, learning by doing. ... include Kentucky, northern Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, California, the Carolinas and Florida, according to Greg Lutz, professor at the Aquaculture Research Station at Louisiana State University.
Malay Mail
March 3, 2018
He said it is for this reason that the state government is using its autonomy on immigration to stop religious and racial extremists from peninsular Malaysia from entering Sarawak to create mistrusts among the followers of various faiths. “I am a product of St Joseph's school, and I am still a Muslim,” he said,Ãâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 3, 2018
One of the advantages the opposition has is that it leads two prominent state governments. Selangor and Penang are two of the richest, most urbanised and industralised states in the country. Younger personalities have been able to take advantage of this by being placed in leadership positions there, andÃâà...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
KOTA BARU - Malaysia's scandal-plagued strategic investment arm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) will be wound up after it has cleared all its debts, its chairman said on Tuesday (Feb 27). Speaking to reporters after addressing students of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan in Kota Baru, Kelantan, TanÃâà...
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