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(Malay Mail Online) – KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 ― Male and female passengers who board long-haul bus operator TransMalaya Ekspres will be expected to sit separately if they are not family or married, even when they are non-Muslims. Speaking to Malay Mail Online, the company said it made the...
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After nine armored personnel carriers (APCs) were impounded in Hong Kong by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government, there is speculation that China’s move was premeditated, in order to ensure that Singapore aligns itself with China as it seeks to assert itself as a regional superpower. This is...
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Terengganu is one of Malaysia’s most conservative states. Jawi, a local form of Arabic used to communicate the local Bahasa Malaysia language, can be found on street signs in the capital, Kuala Terengganu. In the past, it has elected the hardline Islamist party, PAS, to power. It is also experiencing...
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(Taipei Times) – Former President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday held a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, in order to protest the World Chinese Economic Summit’s failure to acknowledge him as the former president of the Republic of China (ROC), Taiwan. At the...
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He was introduced as Najib Razak’s successor when he gave a speech at the United Nations. He is bold, brash, and supposedly popular with the Malay grassroots, but presents himself as a far cry from the polished blueblood that is his (present) boss. Local Malaysian media outlets, as well...
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Beset by scandals such as allegations of embezzlement and gross violation of civil liberties, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, may find himself having to resort to playing the race card in order to maintain his party’s five decade long grip on power after his personal troubles with accusations...
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A number of women lawmakers in Malaysia have taken to social media to voice their disgust over the lack of action taken by local authorities towards the morally vile practice of baby-trafficking. This is Al Jazeera's documentary. Not some UMNO owned media channel kind of reporting. Face it & change...
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A human rights activist and Member of Parliament (MP) in Malaysia has lashed out at the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for being in denial over the tragic baby-selling scandal that has further cast Malaysia in an embarrassing light, following recent international media coverage of the arrest of activist...
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Singapore, an independent city-state that is composed demographically of mostly ethnic Chinese citizens, has come under fire officially from Beijing because Singaporean-manufactured armored personnel carriers had been discovered in Hong Kong SAR, by People’s Republic of China (PRC) authorities. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said yesterday that China...