Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad in hospital for cough after London trip
Mahathir has been warded at the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur since Monday and is expected to remain in hospital for a few days.
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Malaysia wants to splash out on tech sector, but heavy water demand hard to quench
In the past three years, Malaysia has secured billions of dollars worth of new semiconductor and data centre investments. According to some analysts, Malaysia is projected to become a major player in the global data centre space by the end of the decade.
Malaysia vegetable farmers in a pickle over diesel subsidy cuts, mull exit or crop switch
The Malaysian Federation of Vegetable Farmers Association said at least 10 per cent of their 6,000 members nationwide were likely to change crops or even quit the trade by the end of the year if the government did not intervene to help deal with the price surge.
Families ‘still in limbo’ as Malaysia again postpones controversial citizenship amendments
Children born overseas to Malaysian mothers will have to wait longer to know if they qualify for automatic citizenship, after the government postponed a controversial citizenship amendment bill that activists say could trigger a wave of statelessness in the country.
Reformati? Malaysian speaker’s ruling sparks protest and fears of renewed politics chaos
Perikatan Nasional (PN), the Malay-nationalist opposition bloc that includes Bersatu, launched an armband campaign in parliament this week in protest of the speaker’s decision.
Malaysia to criminalise cyberbullying after influencer Rajeswary Appahu’s suicide
Beauty content and positivity influencer Rajeswary Appahu was found dead in her home on July 5, a day after she filed a police report claiming she had received death and sexual assault threats online.
MH17: Malaysia urged to ramp up pressure as justice eludes victims’ families a decade on
“It has been 10 years. International law or law in general shouldn’t be this slow,” Farhatul Mustamirrah Mahamad Aziz, an international law expert with Universiti Teknologi Mara, told This Week in Asia.
Najib loses bid for house arrest as Malaysia court rejects disgraced ex-PM’s request
Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the government had no legal obligation to respond to Najib’s application, dismissing supporting affidavits filed by two leaders of his Umno party as “hearsay”, his lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said.