Tag: Malaysia

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

Stepson of former prime minister on trial for looting state funds cuts a deal in a saga with more twists than a John Grisham novel

Authorities dust off a forgotten piece of legislation to bring critics to heel, as govt tries to cement grip on power

Malaysian authorities detained about 270 Rohingya refugees from the boat who fled southern Bangladesh in April but were unable to dock

Gov't touts SMEs as backbone of the national economy’, but almost all of them will have to fend for themselves as funding dries up or fails to arrive

Authorities use ruse of screening for coronavirus to raid apartment complexes in Kuala Lumpur for undocumented migrants and prep them for deportation.

The poor and the marginalised were always going to be in the firing line during the coronavirus pandemic.