Tag: Malaysia

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

Court decided caning would be inhumane as the men were refugees and did not have any prior history of crime or violence

Lawyers also seek a review of a case against six Rohingya teenagers, including two girls, who they say have been wrongly tried and convicted as adults

Documentary on immigration raids during lockdown opens up a wider debate on xenophobia and an impending employment crisis in the country

Authorities are now threatening dissenters with sedition and fast tracking cases through the courts

Since new govt took office, freedom of speech and the press have faced renewed threats in Malaysia

Minister U-turns on mobile communications awards, amid accusations of cronyism and lack of transparency

Plans fall apart for homesick mother worrying over unpayable debts and children back home

They had risked the perilous sea journey having lost hope of making a better life in Bangladesh refugee camps