Malaysia Archives

Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong was separated from her three children when her abusive husband took them away and converted them to Islam without her blessing

World

Abuse survivor’s ordeal sheds light on Malaysia ‘unilateral conversions’

Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong says her husband brutally abused her, battering her over the head and breaking her ankle, before running off with...

AFPJuly 25, 2022

Malaysia has seized animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns and pangolin scales, worth $18 million

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Malaysia seizes animal parts worth $18 mn

Malaysian customs officials said Monday they seized a stash of rare animal parts worth $18 million thought to have come from Africa.

AFPJuly 18, 2022

Singapore hanged two drug traffickers on Thursday, taking the number of executions in the city-state to four since March

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Singapore conducts two more executions: activists

Singapore hanged two drug traffickers Thursday in what campaigners condemned as a “shameful and inhuman punishment”, taking to four the number of executions in...

AFPJuly 7, 2022

A troupe of Myanmar folk singers and satirists are hoping to rally anti-coup fighters far from their families with barbs against the junta and jokes about home

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ASEAN must step up pressure on Myanmar junta: UN expert

Myanmar has been in turmoil and its economy paralysed since the February 2021 coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi,.

AFPJune 23, 2022

A day before the export curbs kicked in, Singaporeans flocked to the city's food courts to get a taste of their favourite chicken rice ahead of a feared hike in prices

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Singaporeans in a flap at Malaysian chicken export curbs

Long queues at stalls selling a popular chicken dish, increasing prices and warnings about supply disruptions.

AFPJune 1, 2022

Malaysia's central bank has hiked its key interest rate in a move aimed at taming inflation

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Malaysia central bank hikes interest rate to tame inflation

Malaysia’s central bank raised its key interest rate on Wednesday for the first time since 2020, in a surprise move aimed at taming inflation....

AFPMay 11, 2022

PTTEP's decision is not the end of its involvement with Myanmar

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Thai, Malaysian firms pull out of Myanmar gasfield project

Thailand’s oil and gas conglomerate PTTEP and Malaysia’s Petronas announced Friday they would withdraw from the Yetagun gas project in coup-hit Myanmar. There has...

AFPApril 29, 2022