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Malaysia police free Palestinian kidnapped by Mossad agents: Report

INTERNATIONAL Malaysian police have freed a Palestinian man who had allegedly been kidnapped and interrogated by agents of Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, in Kuala Lumpur, according to reports in the New Straits Times and Al Jazeera Arabic. The Malaysian newspaper said the Palestinian computer programmer, who is from Gaza and has not been named, was forced into a car in the capital on 28 September by Malaysian nationals who had been trained by […]

18 October 2022

International News

Malaysian court overturns caning sentence on 27 Rohingya men

An appeals court in Malaysia has overturned a lower court ruling sentencing 27 Rohingya men to be caned, saying their refugee status affords them international protection from persecution. Collin Andrew, a lawyer representing the refugees, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday the sentence of caning imposed in June had been "set aside" by High Court Judge Arik Sanusi, and the refugees were ordered to be released to the United Nations refugee […]

22 July 2020

International News

Malaysia bars citizens from haj pilgrimage on coronavirus fears

Malaysia said on Thursday its citizens would be barred from making the haj pilgrimage this year due to concerns over the new coronavirus, following in the steps of neighbouring Indonesia, which is also a Muslim-majority nation. Every year Malaysia sends tens of thousands of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina. Malaysian pilgrims can wait up to 20 years to make the trip due […]

12 June 2020

International News

Immigration detention centres become Malaysia coronavirus hotspot

Despite strict movement restrictions that have helped contain the coronavirus, Malaysia finds itself facing a surge of cases in overcrowded detention centres that coincided with a series of raids last month in which more than 2,000 undocumented migrants were picked up. "We have identified detention centres as a high-risk area," Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the director-general of the Ministry of Health, said at a news briefing on May 26. Some […]

2 June 2020

International News

Mahathir vows to challenge expulsion from his own party

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and four other former members have promised to challenge their removal from the Bersatu party. Mahathir, 94, along with his son and three other senior members, were expelled from the Bersatu party on Thursday in the latest twist in a power struggle with his successor. "The unilateral action by Bersatu's president to sack us without valid reason is due to his own fears in […]

29 May 2020

International News

Bangladesh coast guard rescues 396 Rohingya in drifting boat; 24 dead

At least two dozen ethnic Rohingya died on a ship that drifted for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia, Bangladesh coastguard officials said on Thursday, following the rescue of 396 starving survivors. For years, Rohingya from Myanmar have boarded boats organised by smugglers in the hope of finding refuge in Southeast Asia, usually making voyages during the dry season from November to March, when the waters are calm. A human […]

16 April 2020

International News

Malaysian authorities hold 202 Rohingya from boat off Langkawi

Malaysian authorities have detained more than 200 ethnic Rohingya, including five children, after they intercepted a boat off the coast of the northwestern island of Langkawi. The wooden vessel was found adrift just over one nautical mile (2.2 kilometres) from one of the island's luxury beach resorts on Sunday morning, the Malaysian maritime enforcement agency said in a statement. The group of 152 men, 45 women and five children were […]

6 April 2020

International News

WHO calls for more ‘aggressive’ action on COVID19

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for more "aggressive" action to curb the coronavirus in Southeast Asia, after the European Union, now at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, moved to seal off its borders. Southeast Asia is facing a wave of infections that originate from an event at a mosque on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur attended by some 16,000 people. Malaysia now has the biggest outbreak in […]

18 March 2020

International News

Malaysia’s top two judges resign amid purge of senior officials

Malaysia's two top judges have resigned from their posts, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government purges senior officials seen close to the previous administration. Chief Justice Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal President Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin will step down from their posts on July 31, according to a statement by the chief registrar's office of the federal court. "His Majesty the King had given his assent to their resignation on […]

13 June 2018

Malaysia

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