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DISASTER1d agoHow a detour saved a Malaysian trekker from jaws of deadly Nepal floodsIt was a detour that saved his life. Malaysian Low Hock Meng, a 71-year-old veteran trekker, had set off on his own in Nepal. He wanted to explore the Tamang trail, Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda. Along his journey, he made the decision to visit the Nagathali viewpoint for a glimpse of Tibet on August 25. Low then made his way down towards Thuman en route to Lingling in Nepal’s Bagmati province on August 26. That is when he realised that something was seriously wrong. When he looked at Syapru...South China Morning Post
WORLD2d agoCocaine under shoe insoles? 5 Malaysian nationals arrested on suspicion of smugglingFive Malaysian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, with the drugs reportedly concealed under shoe insoles. This highlights an international effort to combat drug trafficking and the methods employed by smugglers.Asahi Shimbun
BUSINESS2d agoShares in Malaysia’s Genting tumble by most in 28 yearsShare in Genting plunged by the most in 28 years after the leisure group controlled by Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay announced plans to raise about 1.25 billion ringgit (US$306 million) through a renounceable rights issue. The stock fell as much as 17 per cent to 1.56 ringgit, the biggest decline since 1998. The issue price would be fixed at a discount ranging between 25 and 30 per cent, Genting said in a bourse filing on Friday, adding that proceeds raised would be used to repay its...South China Morning Post
POLITICS3d agoWho rules Negeri Sembilan? Royal row tests Malaysia’s constitutional orderThe dust has yet to settle in Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan, where a royal row has led to the fall of a state government and left the public wondering who, exactly, is in charge. Observers warn that the months-long constitutional crisis could create ripple effects well beyond the state’s borders, testing the entire nation’s systems of monarchy and government. The dispute centres on which of two men: the incumbent, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, or his intended replacement, Tunku Nadzaruddin Tuanku...South China Morning Post
DISASTERBREAKING4d agoMalaysia urged to police its firms in Indonesia as haze shuts schoolsSouth China Morning Post
POLITICS4d ago17 key takeaways from Malaysia’s 2027 budget - ‘live with dignity’Malaysia plans to spend 460 billion ringgit (US$112.6 billion) under its 2027 budget, expanding welfare assistance and tax relief while retaining fuel subsidies as households contend with higher living costs. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also finance minister, presented the spending plan in parliament on Friday as his government faces pressure for an early election following a series of state poll defeats. Anwar said the budget should be judged on “whether more people can live with...South China Morning Post
DISASTER5d ago3 siblings killed in Malaysia crash after insisting on going to haze-closed schoolA boy and his sister lost their lives in a road accident after they wanted to attend classes despite their school being closed due to the haze in Malaysia’s Johor state. Their elder brother, who took them on his motorcycle to check out the school for themselves, was killed as well. The three siblings – Nordaniel Aiman Norlizan, 18, Nordaniel Fikri Norlizan, 11, and Puteri Naufa Raisha Norlizan, eight – were found by their grandfather, lying motionless at the scene of the accident in...South China Morning Post
POLITICS5d agoMyanmar’s leader to take back migrants from MalaysiaPUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Myanmar will accept more Burmese migrants held in Malaysia “as soon as possible,” the war-torn nation’s leader said on Thursday despite human rights concerns over the opaque repatriation scheme. Min Aung Hlaing made the pledge on a visit to his counterpart in Malaysia as he works to bring his country back into the international fold after staging a coup in February 2021. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim invited Min Aung Hlaing, now installed as civilian president, for a two-day visit to discuss the return of thousands of migrants to his country. Malaysia has historically offered safe haven to those exiled from Myanmar, hosting 190,000 refugees or asylum seekers from the nation — mostly Rohingya — according to the United Nations. But Anwar is making a repatriation push amid an uptick of anti-migrant sentiment in Malaysia, defying concerns from the UN that his scheme cannot guarantee their safe homecomings to Myanmar. The country has been wracked by war since Min Aung Hlaing’s putsch, and there are fears the persecuted Rohingya may return to a country where they suffer violent persecution many deem genocide. “We will take those verified nationals back as soon as possible,” Min Aung Hlaing said at a joint news conference with Anwar in the administrative capital Putrajaya. ‘Enhance collaboration’ Min Aung Hlaing has been a pariah in many capitals abroad since his coup unleashed a civil war, but Anwar invited him for talks about returning Myanmar migrants. Nearly 1,500 migrants arrived in back in Myanmar on Sunday after a five-day navy vessel voyage from Malaysia, where they were being held in detention centers before being shipped out. Anwar announced in July that Myanmar had agreed to take back 5,000 Rohingya members, but the Malaysian government later said those sent back would be of “various ethnicities,” not only Rohingya. Myanmar last month pledged “safe and dignified” returns for its citizens displaced abroad, after criticism from the UN and rights groups. Min Aung Hlaing’s two-day trip also comes as he makes a push for diplomatic recognition after his installation as civilian president in April, following elections branded a charade by democracy watchdogs. Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said in July they were seeking “gradual” engagement with Myanmar. The 11-nation organization has frozen Myanmar out of high-level summits since the coup, presenting a united front to pressure its leaders into engaging in its conflict resolution plan. But analysts say the consensus is now fraying. Malaysia marks the fifth Southeast Asian nation to host Min Aung Hlaing since he transitioned to ruling the country as its nominally civilian president. A five-point peace plan adopted by Asean leaders in April 2021, which, among other things, call for an immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar, has shown very little signs of progress. This was highlighted by a Myanmar military air strike late last month on a market in the country’s west, killing some 50 people — one of the deadliest recent bombings of the civil war. “We, and [on] our part in Malaysia, will do whatever is possible to make sure that we enhance this collaboration,” Anwar said on Thursday. The aim ultimately was to “take Myanmar as part of our community of nations without prejudice, and particularly in the context of [the] Asean,” he added.manilatimes · philippines
POLITICS6d agoMalaysia PM says will work on Myanmar’s ASEAN reintegrationMyanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Malaysia for a two-day visit, his first since he became president in April.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS6d agoMyanmar’s Strongman President Is on a Global Quest for Legitimacy. Next Stop, Malaysia.After trading his military uniform for civilian clothes, Myanmar’s strongman president, U Min Aung Hlaing, is in Malaysia, his ninth stop on a search for international legitimacy.NYT World
POLITICSOct 7Malaysia’s Myanmar bet? Repatriations pave way for diplomacyMalaysia’s repatriation of Myanmar nationals ahead of a visit to Kuala Lumpur by the war-torn country’s leader appears to mirror efforts by other Asean countries seeking to mend ties with Naypyidaw. Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have stepped up engagement with Myanmar at the bilateral level recently, raising questions about whether a gradual normalisation between the bloc and the country could undermine efforts to end its civil war, according to analysts. Nearly...South China Morning Post
CONFLICTOct 5Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Myanmar from Malaysia despite UN warningsAl Jazeera [en]
WORLDOct 41,500 Myanmar migrants return to MalaysiaTHANLYIN, Myanmar — Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country on Sunday, a Myanmar Navy official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme. Three ships carrying Myanmar migrants had all docked at the Myanmar Navy base in Thanlyin just before 7:30 am, said the naval official who Agence France-Presse (AFP) has kept anonymous as he was not authorized to speak to media. Kyaw Myint, 55, told AFP he was there to collect three grandchildren who had been in Malaysian detention for one and a half years, and who he has not seen in six years. “Since they arrived in prison we lost contact with them,” he said. Now Kyaw Myint is worried about them being conscripted — “not only by the military but also by ethnic armed groups,” he added. There are concerns members of the persecuted Rohingya are among the group, after Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the returns against a backdrop of anti-Rohingya sentiment, but this has not been confirmed. Three Myanmar Navy ships left Malaysia on Tuesday carrying 1,476 migrants, according to the Myanmar government — the first of 5,000 that Anwar says Myanmar agreed to take back. The United Nations (UN) warns conditions in Myanmar, which has been consumed by civil war since a 2021 military coup, mean safe homecomings cannot be guaranteed as required under international law. “We have no idea how his life will be back in Myanmar,” said the 25-year-old sister of one migrant, who told his family he expected to be sent aboard the ships. “Our main concern is his arrival won’t be safe,” she told AFP from Malaysia, requesting anonymity for security reasons after losing contact with her brother before the vessels set sail. The arrivals were due to include 27 children and 79 women, Malaysian media said, the remaining 1,370 adult men. Free and informed Anwar announced the repatriations in July, just days after the detention of more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers in Kuala Lumpur amid rising xenophobia against refugees, particularly the Rohingyas in Malaysia. News of the returns sparked widespread concern, as members of the ethnic group fled Myanmar en masse following a military crackdown starting in 2017, which rights experts say amounted to genocide. Malaysia insists all returnees agreed to voluntary repatriation from detention centers, where Myanmar says they had completed sentences for immigration offenses. ‘No time to return’ Malaysia is already moving ahead with plans to return a second group of more than 3,500 migrants. Migrants have “imposed a significant financial burden on the nation, triggered serious social crises, and created tangible security threats for the Malaysian people,” the home ministry has said. Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing, the coup leader who was installed as civilian president this April, is expected to soon visit Malaysia to discuss the scheme. Yap Lay Sheng, a senior human rights specialist with Fortify Rights, told AFP: “There’s no telling how the regime would treat returnees.” “This is no time to return anyone forcibly to a country plagued by egregious human rights violations and abuses,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday.manilatimes · philippines
POLITICSOct 4Keralam’s former Minister Muneer seeks comprehensive probe into Malaysian engineer’s death in 2006Gyanesh Kumar, the current Chief Election Commissioner, was Public Works Secretary in the Keralam during the Malaysian engineer’s death in Kuala Lumpur in November 2006.The Hindu
WORLDOct 43 students arrested in Malaysia over murder of girl found dead at schoolThree male students have been detained by police in connection with the murder of a Form Four female student whose body was discovered at a school in Yong Peng, Malaysia’s Johor state, on Saturday. The victim, identified as 16-year-old Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairool Faisal, was found dead inside the school hall at around 5.30pm, Sinar Harian reported. Police arrested the three 16-year-old suspects, who attend the same school as the victim, just hours after the body was uncovered. On Sunday, one of...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 2Pakistan completes arrangements to increase rice exports to Malaysiaradio.gov.pk · Pakistan
DISASTEROct 2Missing Malaysian found safe in flood-ravaged Nepal after 37 daysOne of the Malaysians unaccounted for following the devastating floods in Nepal has been confirmed safe and has returned to Malaysia, according to the group representing Malaysians missing in Nepal. Malaysia Solidarity: Families in Hope (Masfih) spokesman Manivannan Rethinam said the person had reported themselves to the Malaysian embassy in Kathmandu. “For Masfih and the other families, the finding of a safe Malaysian 37 days later is an extremely relieving and meaningful development,”...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 2MCA Own Ex - Member Ridhuan Tee Told To Leave Malaysia By MCAA political party has instructed one of its former members to leave the country, signaling a significant internal dispute and potential political action.therakyatpost.com · Malaysia
WORLDSep 29Malaysia sends unknown number of Rohingya back to Myanmar: 'Unacceptable'Maleisië is begonnen met het terugsturen van Myanmarese asielzoekers naar hun thuisland. Onder de eerste 1500 van de in totaal 5000 Myanmarezen die teruggestuurd worden, zit ook een onbekend aantal Rohingya. Dit tot grote verontwaardiging van mensenrechtenactivisten. "Het is schandalig en onacceptabel om Rohingya terug te sturen naar het land dat tien jaar geleden een genocide op ze pleegde", zegt Phil Robertson van Asia Human Rights Labour Advocates. Maleisië is een van de belangrijkste toevluchtsoorden voor de Myanmarese moslimbevolking. Volgens cijfers van de UNHCR vangt Maleisië officieel NOS Buitenland
WORLDSep 26What sanction Franco Colapinto received and how it can affect his next race in MalaysiaLa FIA castigó al argentino con cinco puestos en la grilla de partida por provocar el accidente con Gasly y Norris.Deberá cumplir con la sanción en el GP de Bahréin que se disputará en Malasia el próximo fin de semana.Clarín
POLITICSSep 24Najib Razak’s fundraising in Malaysia draws 1 sen donations, mockeryA fundraiser to help pay disgraced former leader Najib Razak’s 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine has become a lightning rod for insults and mockery, as Malaysians continue to pile criticism on a decision last week to allow him to spend the rest of his jail sentence under house arrest. King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar last Friday granted Najib a “conditional pardon”, which will allow the jailed ex-prime minister to complete his term in the comfort of his home – provided he first pays off his...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 23 I heard my father scream : Son recalls dad being dragged away in fatal Malaysia tiger attackA son recounts the fatal tiger attack in Malaysia where his father was dragged away. This tragic incident highlights the danger of wildlife encounters.asiaone.com · Singapore
POLITICSSep 23Malaysia’s Anwar faces political reckoning in Melaka as state calls for pollMelaka on Wednesday officially called for a state election – the latest test for Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government, which is already facing an internal feud and growing public frustration over failed reforms. The state assembly was dissolved effective from Wednesday following an official notification sent to the country’s Election Commission the previous day by Ibrahim Durum, the Melaka state assembly’s speaker. “A state election will be held within 60 days of the dissolution...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 20Pending US$12.3 million house arrest fine keeps Malaysia’s Najib in prisonFormer Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he would remain in Kajang Prison as he and his legal team study the conditions attached to his “conditional pardon”, including the payment of a 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine before he can be transferred to house arrest. In a statement issued on his behalf by Messrs Shafee & Co, Najib said his transfer to house arrest depended on the conditions of the pardon being fulfilled. “Until the fine is paid to the court, our...South China Morning Post
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