The Latest Breaking News from Malaysia

Malaysia PM vows to protect global assets as sultan heirs claim $15bn award

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob promised legal measures on Tuesday to protect the country's assets worldwide, local media reported, as heirs to a 19th century sultan sought to enforce a $15 billion arbitration award via asset seizures.

Bangkok Post · Jul 19, 2022

New sexual harassment bill edges closer to law in Malaysia

The new bill will expand the legal options available to survivors, but activists say it doesn’t go far enough.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022

Malaysia seizes elephant tusks, pangolin scales in major bust

Officials say that the $18m seizure of tusks, skulls, horns and scales is their biggest to date.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022

Hat Yai-Padang Besar train resumes after 2 years

Train services have resumed from Hat Yai to the border town of Padang Besar for onward travel into Malaysia after a Covid-linked closure that lasted more than two years.

Bangkok Post · Jul 15, 2022

Philippines ends stay of foreign peacekeepers in the south

Foreign peacekeepers credited with helping ease years of bloody fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels have left the southern Philippines after their term ended but talks are underway to allow their possible return

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

BSA helpline to fight unlicensed software

Leading global software trade group BSA has launched helplines in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to help businesses in the engineering, infrastructure and construction industries cope with challenges related to software copyright compliance.

Bangkok Post · Jul 14, 2022

SRMIST inks pact with Malaysian varsity

The SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Lincoln University, Malaysia, signed an agreement for research and faculty and student exchange programme

The Hindu · Jul 14, 2022

Indonesia And Malaysia Emerge As Top Contenders For Investment

Investors are starting to take a second look at Asian countries for investment, with Indonesia and Malaysia emerging as among the most appealing in the region. 

Benzinga · Jul 13, 2022

Malaysia obtains stay order against $15 billion award to late sultan's heirs

Malaysia said on Wednesday it had obtained a stay order against the enforcement of a French arbitration court ruling ordering the government to pay $14.9 billion to the descendents of a late sultan over a colonial-era land deal.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Indonesia halts sending migrant workers to Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia said on Wednesday it has temporarily stopped sending its citizens to work in Malaysia, including thousands recruited for the plantation sector, citing a breach in a worker recruitment deal signed between the two countries.

Bangkok Post · Jul 13, 2022