News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Mohamad Fuzi was accompanying Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad during an inspection of the luxury yacht, Equanimity, which had docked at the Boustead Cruise Centre Terminal, Port Klang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will introduce a new housing policy in September that would benefit the lower income citizens in East Malaysia, reported Bernama today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The high profile trial of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has been fixed for 43 days over two separate sessions in February and March next year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has failed in his bid to extend the interim gag order preventing the public and the media from discussing the criminal charges that have been brought against him.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown disputed Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's argument that a gag order is necessary to ensure his fair trial.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 10): Johor hopes that the Johor Baru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) will begin by mid-2019, said its Menteri Besar Datuk Osman Sapian.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) arrived at the Kuala Lumpur High Court at 8:52am today for the hearing on his application for a gag order to prevent the public from discussing the merits of his court case and criminal charges, so as to avoid a trial by media.

PUTRAJAYA (August 9): The Immigration Department of Malaysia is expected to introduce e-visas for approved Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) applicants by end-2018 to ease the traffic at immigration centres and reduce the processing time, said Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia (Motac) head of department for the immigration unit of MM2H Ernee Shylla Mohtar.

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 9): The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) expects the number of approved applicants under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme to be doubled by the end of the year from the current 1,009 approved aplicants as of June, said ministry secretary general Datuk Rashidi Hasbullah.