Tag: Malaysia

Lawmakers throw caution to the wind, hold a state election and ignite an explosion in COVID-19 cases

Malaysia's former premier made his comments on the same day a knife-wielding Tunisian killed three people in a Catholic church in France

The pope expressed his gratitude for Cardinal Fernandez’s "faithful witness to the Gospel" and his "generous service to the Church"

Cardinal Fernandez was known to be one of the architects of the 1976 “pastoral renewal” of the local Church in Malaysia

While human rights organizations focus on the plight of migrant workers, Malays face a dismal future

Surge of anti-Rohingya comments on the social media platform shows how xenophobic speech persists in the country

Gov't needs to wean the nation off its addiction to migrant workers, but Malaysians just don’t want to do the dirty jobs

Najib Razak loses landmark battle, as judge slams his ‘preposterous and ridiculous’ defence and dispels the myth of the nation’s untouchable elite class

With ministers struggling to control a once pliant media, a department famed for dirty tricks and misinformation gets the nod to restart operations

Envoy accuses Malaysian govt of ‘statistical sleight of hand’ in claiming it has a poverty rate of 0.4 percent